<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bailey, David H.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Twelve ways to fool the masses when giving performance results on parallel computers</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Supercomputing Review</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1991</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">08/1991</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~dhbailey/dhbpapers/twelve-ways.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">54--55</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Many of us in the field of highly parallel scientific computing recognize that it is often quite difficult to match the run time performance of the best conventional supercomputers.  This humorous article outlines twelve ways commonly used in scientific papers and presentations to artificially boost performance rates and to present these results in the “best possible light” compared to other systems.</style></abstract><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">54</style></section></record></records></xml>