QUAD_SERIAL
Estimate an Integral

QUAD_SERIAL is a Python script which estimates an integral by using an averaging technique.

This program is intended as a starting point; MPI can be used to make a parallel version.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

QUAD_SERIAL is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

FIRE_SERIAL, a Python program which simulates a forest fire over a rectangular array of trees, starting at a single random location. It is intended as a starting point for the development of a parallel version.

PRIME_SERIAL, a Python script which counts the number of primes between 1 and N, and is intended as a starting point for a parallel version.

QUAD_MPI, a Python script which approximates an integral using a quadrature rule, and carries out the computation in parallel using MPI.

SEARCH_SERIAL, a Python script which searches integers between A and B for a value J such that F(J) = C, intended as a starting point for the creation of a parallel version.

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:

• quad_serial.py, the source code;
• quad_serial.sh, commands to run the script.

Examples and Tests:

• quad_serial.txt, the output file;

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