multitask_mpi


multitask_mpi, a C++ code which demonstrates how to "multitask", that is, to execute several unrelated and distinct tasks simultaneously, using MPI for parallel execution.

In this example, there is a "master" process, identified as process 0, and two worker processes, 1 and 2. Process 0 does nothing but choose the input for the worker processes, transmit it, and wait for the computed results to be returned. The programs executed by process 1 and by process 2 are quite different.

While the typical MPI model has all the worker processes executing the same program, this example shows that that is not necessary.

The latest versions of MPI no longer support the special C++ MPI bindings, so the examples given here have reverted to using the C MPI bindings.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

multitask_mpi is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version.

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multitask_mpi_test

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QUAD_MPI, a C++ code which approximates an integral using a quadrature rule, and carries out the computation in parallel using MPI.

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Reference:

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    MPI: The Complete Reference,
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    Second Edition,
    MIT Press, 1998.
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    Using MPI: Portable Parallel Programming with the Message-Passing Interface,
    Second Edition,
    MIT Press, 1999,
    ISBN: 0262571323.
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    Using MPI-2: Advanced Features of the Message-Passing Interface,
    Second Edition,
    MIT Press, 1999,
    ISBN: 0262571331.
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    ISBN: 1558603395,
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    1997

Source Code:


Last revised on 27 March 2020.