Tpetra, and the Use of Generic Programming in Scientific Computing
Author(s) -
Christopher G. Baker,
Michael A. Heroux
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientific programming
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.269
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1875-919X
pISSN - 1058-9244
DOI - 10.1155/2012/693861
Subject(s) - metaprogramming , computer science , programming language , context (archaeology) , generic programming , code (set theory) , programming paradigm , theoretical computer science , paleontology , set (abstract data type) , biology
We present Tpetra, a Trilinos package for parallel linear algebra primitives implementing the Petra object model. We describe Tpetra's design, based on generic programming via C++ templated types and template metaprogramming. We discuss some benefits of this approach in the context of scientific computing, with illustrations consisting of code and notable empirical results.
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