Dissertation/ Thesis

A computational study of sparse matrix storage schemes

Bibliographic Details
Title: A computational study of sparse matrix storage schemes
Authors: Haque, Sardar Anisul, University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
Contributors: Hossain, Shahadat, Gaur, Daya
Publisher Information: University of Lethbridge, Deptartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2008
Mathematics and Computer Science
Arts and Science
Publication Year: 2008
Collection: University of Lethbridge Institutional Repository
Subject Terms: Sparse matrices -- Data processing, Dissertations, Academic
Description: xi, 76 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. ; The efficiency of linear algebra operations for sparse matrices on modern high performance computing system is often constrained by the available memory bandwidth. We are interested in sparse matrices whose sparsity pattern is unknown. In this thesis, we study the efficiency of major storage schemes of sparse matrices during multiplication with dense vector. A proper reordering of columns or rows usually results in reduced memory traffic due to the improved data reuse. This thesis also proposes an efficient column ordering algorithm based on binary reflected gray code. Computational experiments show that this ordering results in increased performance in computing the product of a sparse matrix with a dense vector.
Document Type: thesis
File Description: application/pdf
Language: English
Relation: Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science); https://hdl.handle.net/10133/777
Availability: https://hdl.handle.net/10133/777
Accession Number: edsbas.DE4B44BD
Database: BASE
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