Actors and higher order functions : A Comparative Study of Parallel Programming Language Support for Bioinformatics

Parallel programming can sometimes be a tedious task when dealing with problems like race conditions and synchronization. Functional programming can greatly reduce the complexity of parallelization by removing side effects and variables, eliminating the need for locks and synchronization. This thesi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arvidsson, Staffan
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi 2014
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-242739