TY - CHAP AU - Wen-Jyi Hwang ED - Wen-Jyi Hwang Y1 - 2017-07-19 PY - 2017 T1 - Introductory Chapter: The Newest Research in Parallel and Distributed Computing N2 - 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 BT - Recent Progress in Parallel and Distributed Computing SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.69201 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.69201 SN - 978-953-51-3316-2 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-10 ER -