MPI Toolbox for Octave
Javier Fernández, M. Anguita, Susana Mota, Antonio Cañas, Eduard Sanz Ortigosa, Fernando Rojas · 2001
Abstract. Here we describe our LAM/MPI interface for the Octave programming environment, similar to our previous MPITB (MPI toolbox) for MATLAB and based in the experience we gained with that work. Despite the series of attempts by other developers, no complete MPI interface was yet available for Octave, and some of the previous partially successful attempts are no longer downloadable. An introductory section summarizes the degree of success and availability of these attempts, and justifies the convenience of developing our new Octave package based on the continuing user demand and current lack of support. Section 2 explains the main design criteria and implementation details of MPITB. Section 3 describes the performance measurements obtained from our Octave toolbox and compares them to the available previous packages. A final concluding section summarizes the main goals achieved with this work.