On Implementing Agenda Parallelism in Production Systems

Abstract

Parallel rule execution (agenda parallelism) represents a relatively unexplored method for increasing the execution speed ojr production systems on parallel computer architectures. Agenda parallelism possesses the potential .for increasing the execution speed o f parallel production systems b y an orde,r of magnitude. However, agenda parallelism also introduces a number of significant overhead factors that must be contended with. This paper presents an overview of AFIT’s initial research on agenda parallelism; it includes a discussion ojf the advaniiages and liabilities associated with this decomposition approach based on formal proofs, problem analysis and actual implementation.