Performance profiles and software evaluation
The problem of comparing and evaluating different items of numerical software that carry out identical tasks and require input of an identical or very similar nature is considered. The results of such work are often very extensive. Recommendations are made concerning the sort of numerical measurements to be made in such experiments. Precision-bound and heuristic-bound numerical routines are introduced, and their performance profiles are described. Various basic principles in the design of numerical experiments for the evaluation of heuristic-bound routines are outlined. Following these principles leads to a testing procedure that produces results that are significantly easier to evaluate than some of those traditionally used. The underlying principles are general and applicable in many areas of numerical software evaluation. 2 figures. (RWR)
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6411646
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-781233--1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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