Algorithmic Differentiation of Pragma-Defined Parallel Regions Differentiating Computer Programs Containing OpenMP /

• Main Author: Förster, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Vieweg, 2014.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computers.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Computer Science.; Mathematics of Computing.; Computing Methodologies.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

Numerical programs often use parallel programming techniques such as OpenMP to compute the program's output values as efficient as possible. In addition, derivative values of these output values with respect to certain input values play a crucial role. To achieve code that computes not only the...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction with Examples from Numerical Optimization
• Algorithmic Differentiation by Source Transformation
• Transformation rules for Parallel Code Regions (e.g. OpenMP 3.1)
• Static Program Analysis.