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Parallel processing and parallel machines / Hojjat Adeli and Prasad R. Vishnubhotla -- Parallel programming languages and techniques / Prasad R. Vishnubhotla and Hojjat Adeli -- Basic concepts for the development of parallel algorithms and parallel solution of linear systems / Udo Schendel -- Asynchronous parallel algorithms for linear equations / David John Evans and Nadia Y. Yousif -- Parallel execution of ordinary sequential programs / Yoichi Muraoka and Hayato Yamana -- Parallel simulation of discrete systems / Richard M. Fujimoto -- Finite element analysis on concurrent machines / Charbel Farhat -- Applications of parallel processing in structural engineering / Hsi-Ya Chang and Senol Utku -- Parallel computations in solid mechanics / C.T. Sun and L.S. Chien -- Domain decomposition : a unified approach for solving fluid mechanics problems on parallel computers / Garry Rodrigue. Parallel methods for the solution of partial differential equations with applications in groundwater hydrology / Alexander Peters.