Journal article
An educational tool for interactive parallel and distributed processing
In this article we try to describe how the modular interactive tiles system (MITS) can be a valuable tool for introducing students to interactive parallel and distributed processing programming. This is done by providing a handson educational tool that allows a change in the representation of abstract problems related to designing interactive parallel and distributed systems.
Indeed, the MITS seems to bring a series of goals into education, such as parallel programming, distributedness, communication protocols, master dependency, software behavioral models, adaptive interactivity, feedback, connectivity, topology, island modeling, and user and multi-user interaction which can rarely be found in other tools.
Finally, we introduce the system of modular interactive tiles as a tool for easy, fast, and flexible hands-on exploration of these issues, and through examples we show how to implement interactive parallel and distributed processing with different behavioral software models such as open loop, randomness-based, rule-based, user interaction-based, and AI- and ALife-based software.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Springer Japan |
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 441-447 |
ISSN: | 16147456 and 14335298 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10015-011-0996-7 |
ORCIDs: | Lund, Henrik Hautop |