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Subject: Re: [boost] [BGL] Trying to get a correclty working Parallel BFS code
From: Sandeep Gupta (gupta.sandeep_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-31 01:00:40


On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Jeremiah Willcock <jewillco_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Sandeep Gupta wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Jeremiah Willcock <jewillco_at_[hidden]
>> >wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Sandeep Gupta wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Sandeep Gupta <gupta.sandeep_at_[hidden]
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Jeremiah Willcock <
>>>>> jewillco_at_[hidden]
>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Sandeep Gupta wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The error snippet regarding predecessor map:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> error: no match for call to
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> '(boost::property_reduce<boost::vertex_predecessor_t>::apply<boost::detail::error_property_not_found>)
>>>>>>>> (const boost::detail::parallel::global_descriptor<unsigned int>&)'
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ../../../boost/property_map/parallel/impl/distributed_property_map.ipp:141:
>>>>>>>> error: no match for call to
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> '(boost::property_reduce<boost::vertex_predecessor_t>::apply<boost::detail::error_property_not_found>)
>>>>>>>> (const boost::detail::parallel::global_descriptor<unsigned int>&,
>>>>>>>> boost::detail::error_property_not_found&, const
>>>>>>>> boost::detail::error_property_not_found&)'
>>>>>>>> ../../../boost/graph/parallel/properties.hpp:95: note: candidates
>>>>>>>> are:
>>>>>>>> T
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> boost::property_reduce<boost::vertex_predecessor_t>::apply<T>::operator()(T)
>>>>>>>> const [with T = boost::detail::error_property_not_found]
>>>>>>>> ../../../boost/graph/parallel/properties.hpp:96: note:
>>>>>>>> T
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> boost::property_reduce<boost::vertex_predecessor_t>::apply<T>::operator()(T,
>>>>>>>> T, T) const [with T = boost::detail::error_property_not_found]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jeremiah, Do you think that I should file a bug report for this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Although I was hoping (and actually needed quite urgently) that it
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> minor issue and get fixed quickly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You need to pass a predecessor map to the algorithm as one of the
>>>>>> parameters
>>>>>> (or put it as a part of your graph but making an external property map
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> give
>>>>>> to the algorithm is easier).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jeremy,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> It took me a while but I finally figure out how to pass the
>>>>> predecessor
>>>>>
>>>>>> map. Unfortunately it doesn't have any effect. Also, I might be wrong
>>>>>> but I
>>>>>> don't see any logical reason why predecessor map should have any
>>>>>> bearing
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> the correctness of the depth. I have attached the new code. I am not
>>>>>> able
>>>>>> to print out the predecessor because I am not able to figure out its
>>>>>> type.
>>>>>> Maybe you could help me resolve this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would be nice to have this code running. I need to profile graph
>>>>> performance on a new machine by tomorrow. Again, thanks for you
>>>>> patience
>>>>> and
>>>>> time. I really appreciate you looking into this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jeremiah,
>>>>>
>>>>> Was just wondering if you had time to look into this or any suggestion
>>>>>
>>>> on
>>>> how further proceed. I can get you the output of predecessor map if that
>>>> would help.
>>>> Just that I haven't be been able to figure out what the is type of the
>>>> property map returned by make_distributed_property_map.
>>>> Please let me know your thoughts.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The person who really knows this library is not around as far as I know;
>>> he
>>> might be on vacation. The type returned from
>>> make_distributed_property_map
>>> is documented on <URL:
>>> http://www.osl.iu.edu/research/pbgl/documentation/graph/
>>> distributed_property_map.html>. One thing that you could do to debug
>>> things is to put in your own color map and look at what values it ends up
>>> with at the end of the algorithm, and possibly even to put in a local
>>> color
>>> map that prints out when elements are changed. That might be a lot of
>>> work
>>> for what could end up being an obvious problem (that I just don't know
>>> how
>>> to diagnose), though. BTW, does the example in
>>> libs/graph_parallel/example/breadth_first_search.cpp work for you? It
>>> appears to be doing the same thing you want to do. If that works, it
>>> could
>>> be a problem in your visitor.
>>>
>>>
>>> I derived this code from graph_parallel/example/breadth_first_search.cpp.
>>>
>> The problem is that I don't understand the input and the output of the
>> example code. It would be great if I could get an explanation for the
>> format of the input file. Then I can transform my graph into that format
>> and pass to the algorithm. That would be enough for my current purpose.
>>
>> As time permits I would try out your suggestions and let know of update.
>> In
>> the meantime I am hoping that I would get input from other relevant
>> authors.
>>
>
> This is what I could tell from the code.
>
> Input:
> http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~burkardt/data/metis_graph/metis_graph.html>
>
> Output:
>
http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/lang.html
>
>
> Thanks Jeremiah. The link was helpful. I understood the input graph format.
> Its for undirected graph only. However the BFS output is still coming out to
> be incorrect. I tried with a sample line graph of 4 nodes and it
> exhibits the same problem as before.
>
 The distances of nodes on process 2 is not getting updated. On the other
hand dijkstra shortest paths example is working correctly.

Thanks
Sandeep


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