We've been using quasi-Monte Carlo integration in a class here at Cooper, and the discussion turned to parallelization. Some of my classmates are going the MPI/cluster route, and I was thinking this might be a good use of Plan 9's CSP style. The general idea I had uses one point generator process, n function evaluation processes, and a collection process that handles estimation &c.
I think I know how to structure this on a single multiprocessor machine, but what about a cluster? Is there the equivalent of alts on network connections? If the question is unclear, I'll try again after I've gotten my machine running the single computer form. --Joel
