This discipline is based on several different sources:

• G. Andrews, "Concurrent Programming: Principles and Practice";
• G. Andrews, "Foundations of Parallel and Distributed Programming";
• I. Foster, "Designing and Building Parallel Programs";
• M. Wolfe, "High Performance Compilers for Parallel Computing";
• K. Hwang, "Advanced Computer Architecture: Parallelism, Scalability, and Programmability";
• Lecture notes of the "Parallel Programming" course taught by Michael Scott at the University of Rochester; and
• Selected scientific papers, including:
  • G. Andrews and F. Schneider, "Concepts and Notations for Concurrent Programming. Computing Surveys, V. 15, n.1, March, 1983.
  • Bianchini et al., "Evaluating the Effect of Coherence Protocols on the Performance of Parallel Programming Constructs" ;
  • H. Bal et al., "Programming Languages for Distributed Computing Systems". Computing Surveys, V. 21, n. 3, September, 1989;
  • J. Mellor-Crummey and M. L. Scott, "Algorithms for Scalable Synchronisation on Shared-Memory Multiprocessors". ACM, TOCS, V. 9, n. 1, pp. 21-65