WOPPLOT 86 - Workshop on Parallel Processing: Logic, Organization and Technology - gathered together experts from various fields for a broad overview of current trends in parallel processing. There are contributions from logic (e.g., the connection between time and logic, or non-monotonic reasoning); from organizational structure theory (of great importance for pyramid architecture) and structure representation; from intrinsic parallelism and problem classification; from developments in future technologies (3-D Silicon technology, molecular electronics); and from various applications (pattern storage in adaptive memories, simulation of physical systems). The proceedings show clearly that progress in parallel processing is an interdisciplinary goal; they present a cross section of the state of the art as well as of future trends. Furthermore, some contributions (in particular, those from logic and organization) deserve a broader interest also outside the field of parallel processing.

InhaltsangabeTechnological developments for three-dimensional circuitry.- Molecular electronics: Storage and transport.- Planning a dynamic trajectory via path finding in discretized phase space.- Numerical simulation of physical phenomena by parallel computing.- Pyramidal architectures for image processing.- MIMD algorithms and their implementation.- Self-organizing hierarchical modular systems.- Analyzing mental representation by means of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).- Nonmonotonic reasoning formalizations and implementations.- Towards a complex notion of time.- Structure and parallel processing.- Adaptive associative systems for VLSI.- Pattern storage and associative memory in quasi-neural networks.- Neural nets and cellular automata.- Parallel algorithms and the classification of problems.

Contents: I. Eisele: Technological Developments for Three-Dimensional Circuitry.- M. Mehring, H. Sixl: Molecular Electronics: Storage and Transport.- H. Ritter, K. Schulten: Planning a Dynamic Trajectory via Path Finding in Discretized Phase Space.- G. Fritsch: Numerical Simulation of Physical Phenomena by Parallel Computing.- V. Cantoni, M. Ferretti: Pyramidal Architectures for Image Processing.- P. Weidner: MIMD Algorithms and Their Implementation.- G. Scarpetta, G. Simoncelli: Self-Organizing Hierarchical Modular Systems.- P. Molzberger: Analyzing Mental Representation by Means of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).- G. Brewka: Nonmonotonic Reasoning: Formalizations and Implementations.- A.v. Müller: Towards a Complex Notion of Time.- J.D. Becker: Structure and Parallel Processing.- U. Rückert, K. Gonser: Adaptive Associate Systems for VLSI.- M.R.B. Forshaw: Pattern Storage and Associative Memory in Quasi-Neural Networks.- E.R. Caianiello, M. Marinaro: Neural Nets and Cellular Automata.- A. Bertoni, M. Goldwurm, G. Mauri, N. Sabadini: Parallel Algorithms and the Classification of Problems.