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// Copyright (C) 2005 Douglas Gregor.
// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// Compute parents, children, levels, etc. to effect a parallel
// computation tree.
#ifndef BOOST_MPI_COMPUTATION_TREE_HPP
#define BOOST_MPI_COMPUTATION_TREE_HPP
namespace boost { namespace mpi { namespace detail {
/**
* @brief Aids tree-based parallel collective algorithms.
*
* Objects of this type
*/
class computation_tree
{
public:
computation_tree(int rank, int size, int root, int branching_factor = -1);
/// Returns the branching factor of the tree.
int branching_factor() const { return branching_factor_; }
/// Returns the level in the tree on which this process resides.
int level() const { return level_; }
/**
* Returns the index corresponding to the n^th level of the tree.
*
* @param n The level in the tree whose index will be returned.
*/
int level_index(int n) const;
/**
* @brief Returns the parent of this process.
*
* @returns If this process is the root, returns itself. Otherwise,
* returns the process number that is the parent in the computation
* tree.
*/
int parent() const;
/// Returns the index for the first child of this process.
int child_begin() const;
/**
* @brief The default branching factor within the computation tree.
*
* This is the default branching factor for the computation tree, to
* be used by any computation tree that does not fix the branching
* factor itself. The default is initialized to 3, but may be
* changed by the application so long as all processes have the same
* branching factor.
*/
static int default_branching_factor;
protected:
/// The rank of this process in the computation tree.
int rank;
/// The number of processes participating in the computation tree.
int size;
/// The process number that is acting as the root in the computation
/// tree.
int root;
/**
* @brief The branching factor within the computation tree.
*
* This is the default number of children that each node in a
* computation tree will have. This value will be used for
* collective operations that use tree-based algorithms.
*/
int branching_factor_;
/// The level in the tree at which this process resides.
int level_;
};
} } } // end namespace boost::mpi::detail
#endif // BOOST_MPI_COMPUTATION_TREE_HPP