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Usage: pl -gif [-map] filter1.htm // Demonstrates a use of proc getdata filter. // // Produces a line plot of the speedup of a parallel simulation // relative to the sequential version. // // The two lines compare the affect of using a communication library // to lower communication overhead by grouping messages together. // // contributed by Gothmog Gorbash #proc page pagesize: 9 6 #if @DEVICE in png,gif scale: 0.6 #endif #proc getdata file: filter1.dat // data contains many fields not used in this particular plot fieldnames: pes seq orig l10 l40 l75 adapt comm spo sp10 sp40 sp75 spa spc pf_fieldnames: pes spa spc filter: // speedup is the sequential time divided by the parallel time ##set SPa = $arith(@@seq/@@adapt) ##set SPc = $arith(@@seq/@@comm) // just output the number of processors and our derived speedup columns for lineplot use ##print @@pes @@SPa @@SPc #proc areadef title: Speedups for Adaptive Strategy w/ and w/o CommLib titledetails: size=14 align=C style=B color=blue adjust=0,0.2 rectangle: 1 1 8 5 xrange: 1 512 xscaletype: log yrange: 0 52 xaxis.label: PEs xaxis.labeldetails: color=claret size=12 xaxis.selflocatingstubs: datafields 1 1 #proc yaxis stubs: inc 10 minortics: yes minorticinc: 5 grid: color=tan1 label: Speedup labeldetails: color=claret size=12 // speedup of the adaptive strategy without communication library #proc lineplot xfield: pes yfield: spa linedetails: color=brightblue width=.6 pointsymbol: shape=diamond style=outline fillcolor=yellow linecolor=brightblue legendlabel: W/o CommLib // speedup of the adaptive strategy with communication library #proc lineplot xfield: pes yfield: spc linedetails: color=red width=.6 pointsymbol: shape=diamond style=outline fillcolor=yellow linecolor=red legendlabel: W/CommLib #proc legend location: min+0.35 max textdetails: size=10 colortext: yes