Solving Multiple Classes of Problems in Parallel with MATLAB*P

Abstract — MATLAB [7] is one of the most widely used mathe-matical computing environments in technical computing. It is an interactive environment that provides high performance compu-tational routines and an easy-to-use, C-like scripting language. Mathworks, the company that develops MATLAB, currently does not provide a version of MATLAB that can utilize parallel computing [9]. This has led to academic and commercial efforts outside Mathworks to build a parallel MATLAB, using a variety of approaches. MATLAB*P is a parallel MATLAB that focus on enhancing productivity by providing an easy to use parallel computing tool. Using syntaxes identical to regular MATLAB, it can be used to solve large scale algebraic problems as well as multiple small problems in parallel. This paper describes how the innovative combination of ’*p mode ’ and ’MultiMATLAB/MultiOctav