Download or read book Recent Progress in Parallel and Distributed Computing written by Wen-Jyi Hwang and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parallel and distributed computing has been one of the most active areas of research in recent years. The techniques involved have found significant applications in areas as diverse as engineering, management, natural sciences, and social sciences. This book reports state-of-the-art topics and advances in this emerging field. Completely up-to-date, aspects it examines include the following: 1) Social networks; 2) Smart grids; 3) Graphic processing unit computation; 4) Distributed software development tools; 5) Analytic hierarchy process and the analytic network process