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Foil 58 Agglomeration

From CPS615-Introduction-Course,Driving Technology and HPCC Current Status and Futures CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 98. by Geoffrey C. Fox, (Some Culler, Koelbel material)
Once tasks + communication determined, "agglomerate" small tasks into larger tasks
Motivations
  • To reduce communication costs
  • If tasks cannot execute concurrently
  • To reduce software engineering costs
Caveats
  • May involve replicating computation or data

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