The DASH multi-dimensional array concept (NArray) is discussed as foundation, but the cited reference (publication on DASH from 2014) is wrong, it predates NArray. The paper is essentially replaced the 2020 publication on DASH:

DASH: Distributed Data Structures and Parallel Algorithms in a Global Address Space. Karl Fürlinger, José Gracia, Andreas Knüpfer, Tobias Fuchs, Denis Hünich, Pascal Jun...