Parallel processing offers a solution to the problem of
providing the processing power necessary to help understand
and master the complexity of natural phenomena and
engineering structures. By taking several basic processing
devices and connecting them together the potential exists of
achieving a performance many times that of an individual
device. However, building parallel application programs is
today recognized as a highly complex activity requiring
specialist skills and in-depth knowledge. PARLE is an
international, European based conference which focuses on
the parallel processing subdomain of informatics and
information technology. It is intended to become THE
European forum for interchange between experts in the
parallel processing domain and to attract both industrial
and academic participants with a technical programme
designedto provide a balance between theory and practice.
This volume contains the proceedings of PARLE '93. The PARLE
conference came into existence in 1987 as an initiative from
the ESPRIT I programme and the format was revised in
1991/92. PARLE '93 is the second conference with the new
format and was held in Munich.