explorations of the implementation of a parallel idw interpolation algorithm in a linux cluster-based parallel gis

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	explorations of the implementation of a parallel idw interpolation algorithm in a linux cluster-based parallel gis
	Huang Fang; Liu Dingsheng; Tan Xicheng; Wang Jian; Chen Yunping; He Binbin
	2011
发表期刊	Computers and Geosciences
ISSN	0098-3004
卷号	37 期号:4 页码:426-434
摘要	To design and implement an open-source parallel GIS (OP-GIS) based on a Linux cluster, the parallel inverse distance weighting (IDW) interpolation algorithm has been chosen as an example to explore the working model and the principle of algorithm parallel pattern (APP), one of the parallelization patterns for OP-GIS. Based on an analysis of the serial IDW interpolation algorithm of GRASS GIS, this paper has proposed and designed a specific parallel IDW interpolation algorithm, incorporating both single process, multiple data (SPMD) and master/slave (M/S) programming modes. The main steps of the parallel IDW interpolation algorithm are: (1) the master node packages the related information, and then broadcasts it to the slave nodes; (2) each node calculates its assigned data extent along one row using the serial algorithm; (3) the master node gathers the data from all nodes; and (4) iterations continue until all rows have been processed, after which the results are outputted. According to the experiments performed in the course of this work, the parallel IDW interpolation algorithm can attain an efficiency greater than 0.93 compared with similar algorithms, which indicates that the parallel algorithm can greatly reduce processing time and maximize speed and performance. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.; To design and implement an open-source parallel GIS (OP-GIS) based on a Linux cluster, the parallel inverse distance weighting (IDW) interpolation algorithm has been chosen as an example to explore the working model and the principle of algorithm parallel pattern (APP), one of the parallelization patterns for OP-GIS. Based on an analysis of the serial IDW interpolation algorithm of GRASS GIS, this paper has proposed and designed a specific parallel IDW interpolation algorithm, incorporating both single process, multiple data (SPMD) and master/slave (M/S) programming modes. The main steps of the parallel IDW interpolation algorithm are: (1) the master node packages the related information, and then broadcasts it to the slave nodes; (2) each node calculates its assigned data extent along one row using the serial algorithm; (3) the master node gathers the data from all nodes; and (4) iterations continue until all rows have been processed, after which the results are outputted. According to the experiments performed in the course of this work, the parallel IDW interpolation algorithm can attain an efficiency greater than 0.93 compared with similar algorithms, which indicates that the parallel algorithm can greatly reduce processing time and maximize speed and performance. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
收录类别	EI
关键词	Computer Operating Systems Interpolation Numerical Control Systems Optical Radar Parallel Architectures Parallel Programming
部门归属	(1) Institute of Geo-Spatial Information Technology College of Automation University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2006 Xiyuan Road Chengdu 611731 China; (2) Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth Chinese Academy of Sciences 45 Beisanhuan Xi Road Beijing 100086 China; (3) International School of Software Wuhan University 129 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430079 China
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
URI标识	http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/16181
专题	中国科学院软件研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huang Fang,Liu Dingsheng,Tan Xicheng,et al. explorations of the implementation of a parallel idw interpolation algorithm in a linux cluster-based parallel gis[J]. Computers and Geosciences,2011,37(4):426-434.
APA	Huang Fang,Liu Dingsheng,Tan Xicheng,Wang Jian,Chen Yunping,&He Binbin.(2011).explorations of the implementation of a parallel idw interpolation algorithm in a linux cluster-based parallel gis.Computers and Geosciences,37(4),426-434.
MLA	Huang Fang,et al."explorations of the implementation of a parallel idw interpolation algorithm in a linux cluster-based parallel gis".Computers and Geosciences 37.4(2011):426-434.