MATMPIAIJ vs MATMPIBAIJ

[jarunan at ascomp.ch]

Dear PETSc team,

I would like to ask about the different of MATMPIAIJ and MATMPIBAIJ.
I am using MATMPIAIJ type and want to try other structure of the  
matrix. I read about BAIJ format, which should be more efficient in  
setting value, MatSetValuesBlock(). It seems that I have to define the  
block sizes then every block will have the same size, right? Could I  
use BAIJ format if my block size is not the same in each block?

At the end of the day, would these 2 structures of matrix affect  
differently in solving performance such as speed up?

Thank you

Jarunan

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Jarunan Panyasantisuk
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