RANDOM_OPENMP
Parallel Random Numbers with OpenMP

RANDOM_OPENMP is a C++ program which uses random numbers during a calculation that has been parallelized with OpenMP.

The random numbers are generated by a function which depends on a user-defined integer called SEED. When multiple OpenMP threads are involved, each thread should be assigned a different initial value for SEED, in order that the threads generate distinct streams of random numbers. This example shows one way that that can be done.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

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

Related Data and Programs:

DIJKSTRA_OPENMP, a C++ program which uses OpenMP to parallelize a simple example of Dijkstra's minimum distance algorithm for graphs.

FFT_OPENMP, a C++ program which demonstrates the computation of a Fast Fourier Transform in parallel, using OpenMP.

HEATED_PLATE_OPENMP, a C++ program which solves the steady (time independent) heat equation in a 2D rectangular region, using OpenMP to run in parallel.

HELLO_OPENMP, a C++ program which prints out "Hello, world!" using the OpenMP parallel programming environment.

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

MXM_OPENMP, a C++ program which computes a dense matrix product C=A*B, using OpenMP for parallel execution.

MXV_OPENMP, a C++ program which carries out the matrix-vector multiplication calculation using OpenMP.

OPENMP, C++ programs which illustrate the use of the OpenMP application program interface for carrying out parallel computations in a shared memory environment.

POISSON_OPENMP, a C++ program which computes an approximate solution to the Poisson equation in a rectangle, using the Jacobi iteration to solve the linear system, and OpenMP to carry out the Jacobi iteration in parallel.

QUAD_OPENMP, a C++ program which approximates an integral using a quadrature rule, and carries out the computation in parallel using OpenMP.

SATISFY_OPENMP, a C++ program which demonstrates, for a particular circuit, an exhaustive search for solutions of the circuit satisfiability problem, using OpenMP for parallel execution.

SCHEDULE_OPENMP, a C++ program which demonstrates the default, static, and dynamic methods of "scheduling" loop iterations in OpenMP to avoid work imbalance.

SGEFA_OPENMP, a C++ program which solves a linear system by Gaussian elimination, using OpenMP.

UNIFORM, a C++ library which computes elements of a uniformly distributed pseudorandom sequence.

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.

Source Code:

• random_openmp.cpp, the source code.
• random_openmp.sh, commands to compile, link and run the source code.
• random_openmp_output.txt, the output file.

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for RANDOM_OPENMP.
• MONTE_CARLO carries out a Monte Carlo calculation with random values.
• RANDOM_VALUE generates a random value R.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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