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Fast Sorting on a Distributed-Memory Architecture

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dc.creator Cheng, David R.
dc.creator Shah, Viral
dc.creator Gilbert, John R.
dc.creator Edelman, Alan
dc.date 2004-12-13T06:10:47Z
dc.date 2004-12-13T06:10:47Z
dc.date 2005-01
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-09T02:49:27Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-09T02:49:27Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-09
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7418
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721
dc.description We consider the often-studied problem of sorting, for a parallel computer. Given an input array distributed evenly over p processors, the task is to compute the sorted output array, also distributed over the p processors. Many existing algorithms take the approach of approximately load-balancing the output, leaving each processor with Θ(n/p) elements. However, in many cases, approximate load-balancing leads to inefficiencies in both the sorting itself and in further uses of the data after sorting. We provide a deterministic parallel sorting algorithm that uses parallel selection to produce any output distribution exactly, particularly one that is perfectly load-balanced. Furthermore, when using a comparison sort, this algorithm is 1-optimal in both computation and communication. We provide an empirical study that illustrates the efficiency of exact data splitting, and shows an improvement over two sample sort algorithms.
dc.description Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA)
dc.format 122908 bytes
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en
dc.relation Computer Science (CS);
dc.subject Parallel sorting
dc.subject distributed-memory algorithms
dc.subject High Performance Computing
dc.title Fast Sorting on a Distributed-Memory Architecture
dc.type Article


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