Faster programs, easier programming
Monday, November 7, 2016 - 08:41
in Mathematics & Economics
New system lets nonexperts optimize programs that run on multiprocessor chips. Dynamic programming is a technique that can yield relatively efficient solutions to computational problems in economics, genomic analysis, and other fields. But adapting it to computer chips with multiple “cores,” or processing units, requires a level of programming expertise that few economists and biologists […]