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Title: Probability Convergence in a Multithreaded Counting Application

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We introduce the PDtree, a data structure for fast counting of any specified combinations of a given set of variables. We describe a static implementation that provides speedup linear in the number of processors on the multithreaded Cray MTA-2 machine. Finally, we prove a general convergence property that bounds the nondeterministic deviation of probability estimates relative to a sequential implementation. This convergence result is relevant for any counting application that takes a multithreaded streaming approach.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
910005
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-53295; TRN: US200723%%313
Resource Relation:
Conference: Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2007), 1-5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English