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13th International Conference on Parallel Architecture and Compilation Techniques (PACT'04)
pp. 278-289
An Adaptive Algorithm Selection Framework
Hao Yu, IBM T. J. Watson Research Ctr, Yorktown Heights, NY
Dongmin Zhang, Texas A&M University
Lawrence Rauchwerger, Texas A&M University
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DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/PACT.2004.10010
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Irregular and dynamic memory reference patterns can cause performance variations for low level algorithms in general and for parallel algorithms in particular. We present an adaptive algorithm selection framework which can collect and interpret the inputs of a particular instance of a parallel algorithm and select the best performing one from a an existing library. In this paper present the dynamic selection of parallel reduction algorithms. First we introduce a set of high-level parameters that can characterize different parallel reduction algorithms. Then we describe an off-line, systematic process to generate predictive models which can be used for run-time algorithm selection. Our experiments show that our framework: (a) selects the most appropriate algorithms in 85% of the cases studied, (b) overall delievers 98% of the optimal performance, (c) adaptively selects the best algorithms for dynamic phases of a running program (resulting in performance improvements otherwise not possible), and (d) adapts to the underlying machine architecture (tested on IBM Regatta and HP V-Class systems).
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Hao Yu, Dongmin Zhang, Lawrence Rauchwerger,
"An Adaptive Algorithm Selection Framework,"
pact,
pp. 278-289,
13th International Conference on Parallel Architecture and Compilation Techniques (PACT'04),
2004
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