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Behrooz Parhami's Published Critical Reviews
This Appendix C to B. Parhami's CV contains a list of book and paper reviews appearing in various publications. It also includes a number of book assessments and proposal evaluations for publishers.
[C60] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Complexities of Graph-Based Representations for Elementary Functions,' by S. Nagayama and T. Sasao," Mathematical Reviews, To appear, Review #2483291. (Original source IEEE Trans. Computers, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 106-119, 2009).
[C59] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Maximizing the Minimum Completion Time on Parallel Machines,' by M. Haouari and M. Jemmali," Mathematical Reviews, To appear, Review #2461648. (Original source 4OR: A Quarterly J. Operations Research, Vol. 6, pp. 375-392, 2008).
[C58] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Many-Valued R-S Memory Circuits', by M. Petrik," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2009g:94147, Review #2444959. (Original source J. Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 495-518, 2008).
[C57] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper '(t, k)-Diagnosability of Multiprocessor Systems with Applications to Grids and Tori', by G.-Y. Chang and G.-H. Chen," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2009b:94105, Review #2366224. (Original source SIAM J. Computing, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 1280-1298, 2007).
[C56] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Performance of Critical Path Type Algorithms with Communication Delay', by G. Singh," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2008e:90038, Review #2330053. (Original source Int'l J. Operations Research, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 90-97, 2007).
[C55] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Fault Tolerant Routings in Complete Multipartite Graph', by M. Chen and J. Qian," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2008a:05263, Review #2300979. (Original source Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 89-95, 2007).
[C54] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Optimal Read-Once Parallel Disk Scheduling', by M. Kallahalla and P. J. Varman," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2006i:68007, Review #2184149. (Original source Algorithmica, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 309-343, 2005).
[C53] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Fault-Tolerant Scheduling', by B. Kalyanasundaram and K. R. Pruhs," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2006a:68011, Review #2137073. (Original source SIAM J. Computing, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 697-719, 2005).
[C52] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'On Sequential Diagnosis of Multiprocessor Systems', by T. Yamada, T. Ohtsuka, A. Watanabe, and S. Ueno," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2005k:68013, Review #2115152. (Original source Discrete and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 146, No. 3, pp. 311-342, 2005).
[C51] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2005i:01008, Review #2105723 (Original source authored by F. Conway and J. Siegelman, Basic Books, xvi + 423 pp., 2005, ISBN 0-7382-0368-8).
[C50] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'A Parametric Error Analysis of Goldschmidt's Division Algorithm', by G. Even, P.-M. Seidel, and W.E. Ferguson," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2005h:68187, Review #2102066. (Original source J. Computer and System Sciences, Vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 118-139, 2005).
[C49] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper '(Incremental) Priority Algorithms', by A. Borodin, M. N. Nielsen, and C. Rackoff," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2005f:90044, Review #2010093. (Original source Algorithmica, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 295-326, 2003).
[C48] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Detecting a Network Failure', by J. Kleinberg," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2005e:94312, Review #2076726. (Original source Internet Mathematics, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 37-55, 2003).
[C47] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Real-Time Scheduling with a Budget', by J. Naor, H. Shachnai, and T. Tamir," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2005e:90041, Review #2080769. (Original source Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Proc. ICALP), Vol. 2719, pp. 1123-1137, 2003).
[C46] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Online Scheduling of a Single Machine to Minimize Total Weighted Computation Time', by E. J. Anderson and C. N. Potts," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2005d:90043, Review #2082624. (Original source Mathematics of Operations Research, 29(3):686-697, 2004).
[C45] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Ordinal Scheduling Problem and Its Asymptotically Optimal Algorithms on Parallel Machine System', by Z. Tan and Y. He," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2005c:90033, Review #2075217. (Original source Science in China, Ser. F: Information Sciences, 47(2):161-169, 2004).
[C44] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Foundations for Applications of Gibbs Derivatives in Logic Design and VLSI', by R. S. Stankovic, M. Stankovic, and R. Creutzburg," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2004i:94073, Review #1993178. (Original source VLSI Design, 14(1):65-81, 2002).
[C43] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Generalized Honeycomb Torus', by H.-J. Cho and L.-Y. Hsu," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2004c:68007, Review #1974308. (Original source Information Processing Letters, 86(4):185-190, 2003).
[C42] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Parallel Integer Sorting Is More Efficient than Parallel Comparison Sorting on Exclusive Write PRAMS', by Y. Han and X. Shen," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2003m:68033, Review #1954881. (Original source SIAM J. Comput., 31(6):1852-1878, 2002).
[C41] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Fast Concurrent Access to Parallel Disks', by P. Sanders, S. Egner, and J. Korst," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2003h:68033, Review #1938242 (Original source Algorithmica, 35(1):21-55, 2003).
[C40] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Black-Box Correctness Tests for Basic Parallel Data Structures', by P. B. Gibbons, J. L. Bruno, and S. Phillips," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2003d:68047, Review #1909044. (Original source Theory Comput. Systems, 35(4):391-432, 2002).
[C39] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Sorting and Counting Networks of Arbitrary Width and Small Depth', by C. Busch and M. Herlihy," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2003b:68039, Review #1891427. (Original source Theory Comput. Systems, 35(2):99-128, 2002).
[C38] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Abstract Parallel Machines', by J. O'Donnell and G. Runger," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2002j:68031, Review #1783680. (Original source Computers and Artificial Intelligence, 19:105-129, 2000).
[C37] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Periodification Scheme: Constructing Sorting Networks with Constant Period', by M. Kutylowski, K. Lorys, B. Oesterdiekhoff, and R. Wanka," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2002i:68034, Review #1865935. (Original source J. ACM, 47(5):944-967, Sep. 2000).
[C36] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Tree Search on an Atomic Model for Message Passing', by P. Liu, W. Aiello, and S. Bhatt," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2002g:68159, Review #1857390. (Original source SIAM J. Comput., 31(1):67-85, 2001).
[C35] Parhami, B., "Review of proposal for the book A Parallel Algorithm Synthesis Procedure for High-Performance Computer Architectures, by I. N. Dunn and G. G. L. Meyer," for Kluwer Academic, May 2002.
[C34] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Computations of Uniform Recurrence Equations Using Minimal Memory Size', by B. Gaujal, A. Jean-Marie, and J. Mairesse," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2002b:68010, Review #1814209. (Original source SIAM J. Computation, 30(5):1701-1738, 2000).
[C33] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Timing Analysis and Optimization of Sequential Circuits, by N. Maheshwari and S. S. Sapatnekar (Kluwer, 1999, ISBN 0-7923-8321-4)," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2001j:68151, Review #1788049.
[C32] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Threshold Data Structures and Coding Theory', by E. Bach and M. Kiwi," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2001e:68037, Review #1765962. (Original source Theoretical Computer Science, 235(1): 3-23, 2000).
[C31] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Modeling Parallel Bandwidth: Local versus Global Restrictions', by M. Adler, P. B. Gibbons, Y. Matias, and V. Ramachandran," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2000d:68164, Review #1687267. (Original source Algorithmica, 24(3-4): 381-404, 1999).
[C30] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Highly Parallel Fast Scaling of Numbers in Nonredundant Residue Arithmetic', by Z. D. Ulman and M. Czyzak," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2000c:94006, Review #1664521. (Original source IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, 46(2): 487-496, 1998).
[C29] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'On the Minimum Number of Processors for Scheduling Problems with Communication Delays', by A. Moukrim," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 2000a:90026, Review #1683462. (Original source Ann. Oper. Res., 86: 455-472, 1999).
[C28] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Fault-Tolerant Wait-Free Shared Objects', by P. Jayanti, T. D. Chandra, and S. Toueg," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1999g:68010, Review #1639342. (Original source J. ACM, 45(3): 451-500, 1998).
[C27] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Sorting in Parallel', by R. Libeskind-Hadas," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1999d:68056, Review #1625564. (Original source Amer. Math. Monthly, 105(3): 238-245, 1998).
[C26] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Computing with Time-Varying Data: Sequential Complexity and Parallel Speed-Up', by F. Luccio and L. Pagli," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1999c:68111, Review #1488390. (Original source Theory of Computing Systems, 31(1): 5-26, 1998).
[C25] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Fault-Tolerant Parallel Computation, by P. C. Kanellakis and A. A. Shvartsman (Kluwer, 1997, ISBN 0-7923-9922-6)," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1998m:68072, Review #1492988.
[C24] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'On Probabilistic Networks for Selection, Merging, and Sorting', by T. Leighton, Y. Ma, and T. Suel," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1998i:68087, Review #1465016. (Original source Theory Comput. Syst., 30(6): 559-582, 1997).
[C23] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Simulating Shared Memory in Real Time: On the Computation Power of Reconfigurable Architectures', by A. Czumaj, F. Meyer auf der Heide, and V. Stemann," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1998h:68069, Review #1468879. (Original source Inform. and Comput., 137(2): 103-120, 1997).
[C22] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Testing Shared Memories', by P. B. Gibbons and E. Korach," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1998g:68013, Review #1460722. (Original source SIAM J. Comput., 26(4): 1209-1244, 1997).
[C21] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'The Mathematics of the Pentium Division Bug', by A. Edleman," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1998a:68009, Review #1439485. (Original source SIAM Rev., 39(1): 54-67, 1997).
[C20] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Sorting on a Parallel Pointer Machine with Applications to Set Expression Evaluation', by M. T. Goodrich and S. R. Kosaraju," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1997f:68054, Review #1408325. (Original source J. ACM, 43(2): 331-361, 1996).
[C19] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'A Method for Constructing Selection Networks with O(log n) Depth', by S. Jimbo and A. Maruoka," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1997d:68057, Review #1400394. (Original source SIAM J. Comput., 25(4): 709-739, 1996).
[C18] Parhami, B., "Review of a proposal for the book Principles of Digital Systems, by J. W. Smith," for Addison-Wesley, December 1995.
[C17] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'On Circuits and Numbers', by J. E. Vuillemin," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1995i:68005, Review #1294299. (Original source IEEE Trans. Computers, 43(8): 868-879, 1994).
[C16] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Network Reliability and Algebraic Structures, by D. R. Shier (Oxford, 1991, ISBN 0-19-853386-1)," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1992j:68008, Review #1122812, p. 5721.
[C15] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Computer Arithmetic Algorithms, by I. Koren," for Prentice-Hall College Division, December 1991. (Published 1993).
[C14] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Analysis and Design of Fault-Tolerant Capability of Single-Stage Interconnection Network RMISE' by J.-Z. Zhang," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1991d:68002, Review #1050032, p. 2218. (Original source Science in China, Ser. A, 32(4):504-512, 1989).
[C13] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'A New Algorithm for Scheduling Periodic Real-Time Tasks' by J. Y.-T. Leung," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1990k:68017, Review #988726, p. 6640. (Original source Algorithmica, 4(2):209-219, 1989).
[C12] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Advanced Research in VLSI, Edited by C. L. Seitz," Computer Architecture News (ACM SIGARCH), Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 122-123, March 1990.
[C11] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Memory Storage Patterns in Parallel Processing, by M. A. Mace," Computer Architecture News (ACM SIGARCH), Vol. 16, No. 5, p. 76, December 1988.
[C10] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Computer Engineering: Hardware Design, by M. M. Mano," IEEE Computer, Vol. 21, No. 7, pp. 109-110, July 1988.
[C9] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Spectral Techniques and Fault Detection, Edited by M. G. Karpovsky," IEEE Computer, Vol. 20, No. 7, p. 116, July 1987.
[C8] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Parallel Sorting Algorithms, by S. G. Akl," IEEE Computer, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 76-77, March 1987.
[C7] Parhami, B., "Review of the book New Computer Architectures, Edited by J. Tiberghien," IEEE Computer, Vol. 19, No. 10, p. 96, October 1986.
[C6] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'Fiducial Intervals for the Waiting Time in Batch and Time-Sharing Systems' by A. Leitsch," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1983j:68041, Review #663981, p. 4271. (Original source Computing, 28(4): 289-303, 1982).
[C5] Parhami, B., "Review of the paper 'A Method for Evaluating Network Reliability' by A. Zabludowski," Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 1983a:90069, Review # 592113, p. 394. (Original source Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci. Ser. Sci. Tech., 27(7): 647-655, 1979).
[C4] Parhami, B., "Another View of TEX and METAFONT" (Review of the book TEX and METAFONT: A New Direction in Typesetting, by D. E. Knuth), Bull. Iranian Mathematical Society, Vol. 9, No. 1, Serial No. 16, pp. 9-11, 1981 (in Persian).
[C3] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Content Addressable Parallel Processors, by C. C. Foster," IEEE Computer, Vol. 11, No. 4, p. 128, April 1978; reprinted, with Persian translation, in Bull. Iranian Mathematical Society, No. 8, pp. 98-106, Winter 1978; reprinted in Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 66, No. 8, pp. 988-989, August 1978.
[C2] Parhami, B., "Review of the book Logic Design Projects Using Standard Integrated Circuits, by J. F. Wakerly," IEEE Computer, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 109-110, February 1978; Persian translation of this review appeared in Bull. Iranian Mathematical Society, No. 10, pp. 69-72, Fall 1978 & Winter 1979.
[C1] Parhami, B., "Review of two books Computer Appreciation and Further Computer Appreciation, by T. F. Fry," Bull. Iranian Mathematical Society, No. 7, pp. 25-31, Fall 1977 (in Persian).