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Using spreadsheets as a simple and effective teaching tool for predicting and visualizing parallel program performance

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This paper describes how we can use a spreadsheet program as an inexpensive and readily available tool to help students understand the execution behavior of parallel programs. Using the proposed method a performance prediction model can be created in a matter of minutes and the performance of the parallel system can be visualized and animated by using standard three-dimensional surface plots and user interface control objects.

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    cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
    ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 31, Issue 2
    June 1999
    93 pages
    ISSN:0097-8418
    DOI:10.1145/571535
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