Title
Universal algorithms, mathematics of semirings and parallel computations
Abstract
This is a survey paper on applications of mathematics of semirings to numerical analysis and computing. Concepts of universal algorithm and generic program are discussed. Relations between these concepts and mathematics of semirings are examined. A very brief introduction to mathematics of semirings (including idempotent and tropical mathematics) is presented. Concrete applications to optimization problems, idempotent linear algebra and interval analysis are indicated. It is known that some nonlinear problems (and especially optimization problems) become linear over appropriate semirings with idempotent addition (the so-called idempotent superposition principle). This linearity over semirings is convenient for parallel computations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/978-3-642-14941-2_4
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
Keywords
DocType
Volume
parallel computations,generic programs,harwdware and software design.,uni- versal algorithms,linear algebra over semirings,semirings,optimization on graphs,correspondence principle,idempotent semirings,interval analysis,su- perposition principle
Journal
abs/1005.1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.58
12
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Grigori L. Litvinov1272.75
Victor P. Maslov250.58
Anatoly Ya. Rodionov350.58
Andrei Sobolevski4121.54