CSR Sparse Matrix Query

[Dr. Timothy Stitt]

Sorry just a couple more questions.

I am using Fortran. Do I have to perform some operation to switch from 
column-major to row-major representation before calling the 
MatCreateSeqAIJWithArrays routine? Also does this routine replace the 
call to the MatCreate() routine? I am assuming I still need to do the 
assembling of the matrix afterwards?

Regards,

Tim.

Mads Fredrik Skoge Hoel wrote:
> I was just dealing with this a few moments ago. Remember to make sure the
> row and col array start at 0 (and stop at nnz and n-1 respectively). I
> just did that mistake.
>
> Regards,
> Mads
>
>   
>>   You can also use MatCreateSeqAIJWithArrays() and in parallel
>> MatCreateMPIAIJWithArrays(). These are intended for those who already
>> form the matrix in CSR format.
>>
>>    Barry
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, Randall Mackie wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hi Tim,
>>>
>>> There's no need to generate a dense matrix if you're dealing with sparse
>>> matrices. There are many approaches, but if you just want to get your
>>> existing matrix into PETSc, you can use something like the following
>>> (written
>>> in Fortran, but almost the same in C):
>>>
>>> Assume the global vector length is np:
>>>
>>>       call VecCreateMPI(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,PETSC_DECIDE,np,b,ierr)
>>>       call VecDuplicate(b,xsol,ierr)
>>>       call VecGetLocalSize(b,mloc,ierr)
>>>       call VecGetOwnershipRange(b,Istart,Iend,ierr)
>>>
>>>       do i=Istart+1,Iend
>>>         loc(i)=i-1
>>>       end do
>>>
>>>
>>>       ALLOCATE (d_nnz(mloc), o_nnz(mloc), STAT=istat)
>>>
>>> Note: the d_nnz and o_nnz are used to determine the pre-allocation of
>>> the
>>> global matrix
>>> according to the PETSc manual (basically just looping through and
>>> figuring out
>>> which
>>> elements are in d_nnz and which are in o_nnz).
>>>
>>> Then you can create the matrix:
>>>
>>>
>>>       call MatCreateMPIAIJ(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,mloc,mloc,np,np,
>>>      .     PETSC_NULL_INTEGER, d_nnz, PETSC_NULL_INTEGER,
>>>      .     o_nnz,P,ierr)
>>>
>>>
>>> And then I had a subroutine to fill it like this (the critical part is
>>> the
>>> check
>>> whether that part of the matrix is owned by the current processor):
>>>
>>>       jj=0
>>>
>>>       do i=1,l
>>>         do k=2,n
>>>           do j=2,m
>>>
>>>             jj=jj+1
>>>             row = jj-1
>>>
>>>             IF (jj >= Istart+1 .and. jj <= Iend) THEN
>>>
>>>               if(k.ne.2) then
>>>                 fact=-rijcy*dx*dy/z(k-1)       ! Hxijc
>>>                 ic=ic+1
>>>                 v(ic)=fact
>>>                 col(ic)=ijkhx(i,j,k-1)-1
>>>               end if
>>>
>>> [snip code]
>>>
>>>               call MatSetValues(A,i1,row,ic,col,v,INSERT_VALUES,
>>>      .             ierr)
>>>
>>>
>>> [and finally at the end you assemble the matrix]
>>>
>>>       call MatAssemblyBegin(A,MAT_FINAL_ASSEMBLY,ierr)
>>>       call MatAssemblyEnd(A,MAT_FINAL_ASSEMBLY,ierr)
>>>
>>>
>>> Since these early days, I've switched over to using Distributed Arrays,
>>> which in my opinion are much better and much easier to use.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>
>>> Randy
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Timothy Stitt wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I have just begun to use PETSc and I have already ran into a problem.
>>>> Apologies if this has been dealt with before.
>>>>
>>>> My code currently generates its own non-distributed Hamiltonian sparse
>>>> matrix in CSR format (due to the large size of the dense
>>>>         
>>> representation). I
>>>       
>>>> want to exploit PETSc's (actually SLEPc's) eigensolver routines and
>>>>         
>>> hence I
>>>       
>>>> need to convert my CSR representation into PETSc CSR representation
>>>>         
>>> for use
>>>       
>>>> by the eigensolver.
>>>>  From reading the documentation I am under the impression that you
>>>>         
>>> initially
>>>       
>>>> supply the dense matrix to the PETSc matrix routines for conversion to
>>>>         
>>> PETSc
>>>       
>>>> CSR representation. In my case I do not generate the dense matrix. I
>>>>         
>>> would
>>>       
>>>> be grateful if someone could guide me on to how to create a PETSC
>>>>         
>>> sparse
>>>       
>>>> matrix from my own in-code generated sparse matrix.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for any assistance that can be provided.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Tim.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>       
>>     
>
>
>   


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