QUAD2D_OPENMP
Estimate an Integral over a 2D Domain using OpenMP


QUAD_OPENMP is a C++ program which estimates an integral over a 2D rectangular domain by using an averaging technique, and uses OpenMP to carry out the calculation in parallel.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

QUAD2D_OPENMP is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN77 version and a FORTRAN90 version.

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Reference:

  1. Peter Arbenz, Wesley Petersen,
    Introduction to Parallel Computing - A practical guide with examples in C,
    Oxford University Press,
    ISBN: 0-19-851576-6,
    LC: QA76.58.P47.
  2. Rohit Chandra, Leonardo Dagum, Dave Kohr, Dror Maydan, Jeff McDonald, Ramesh Menon,
    Parallel Programming in OpenMP,
    Morgan Kaufmann, 2001,
    ISBN: 1-55860-671-8,
    LC: QA76.642.P32.
  3. Barbara Chapman, Gabriele Jost, Ruud vanderPas, David Kuck,
    Using OpenMP: Portable Shared Memory Parallel Processing,
    MIT Press, 2007,
    ISBN13: 978-0262533027,
    LC: QA76.642.C49.
  4. The OpenMP web site
  5. OpenMP Architecture Review Board,
    OpenMP Application Program Interface,
    Version 3.0,
    May 2008.

Source code:

Examples and Tests:

QUAD2D_LOCAL_G++ compiles, links, loads and runs the program using 1, 2 and 4 threads, the local interactive environment, and the g++ compiler.

QUAD2D_LOCAL_ICPC compiles, links, loads and runs the program using 1, 2 and 4 threads, the local interactive environment, and the icpc compiler.

QUAD2D_ITHACA_G++ compiles, links, loads and runs the program using 1, 2 and 4 threads, using the PBS queueing system on Virginia Tech's Ithaca cluster, and the g++ compiler.

QUAD2D_ITHACA_ICPC compiles, links, loads and runs the program using 1, 2 and 4 threads, using the PBS queueing system on Virginia Tech's Ithaca cluster, and the icpc compiler.

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Last revised on 11 October 2011.