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Approximating PI number

Description
This example shows how to approximate the PI number by executing Mosel models on a remote nodes. The C or Java XPRD program (piap.c or piap.java) connects to a remote node, there compiles the model piapprox.mos, loads it several times, runs all models instances in parallel and retrieves the result via an event message.

Further explanation of this example: 'XPRD: Mosel remote invocation library reference manual'


Source Files
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piap.c[download]
piap.java[download]
piapprox.mos[download]
piapproxf.mos[download]





piapproxf.mos

(!*******************************************************
   Mosel Example Problems
   ======================

   file piapproxf.mos
   ``````````````````
   Approximating the value of pi by integrating the
   function 1/(1+x^2) over the interval [0,1].
   The integral is approximated by dividing the interval [0,1]
   into N subintervals and calculating the sum of their areas.

   - Using findxsrvs to search for available servers -

   integral 0 to 1  1/(1+x^2)dx
   = arctan(1)-arctan(0)
   = arctan(1)
   = pi/4

   (c) 2010 Fair Isaac Corporation
       author: S. Heipcke, June 2010, rev. Nov. 2018
  *******************************************************!)

model "approximating pi"
 uses "mmjobs"

 parameters
  N = 1000000                  ! Number of intervals
  K = 20                       ! Number of submodels to run
  NUM = 0                      ! 0 in master model, else >=1
 end-parameters

 if N<1 then exit(1); end-if

 declarations
  A = 1..K
  B: range
  modPar: array(A) of Model
  moselInst: array(B) of Mosel
  NODES: array(B) of string

  h: real
  M: integer

  NEWSUM = 2
  ev: Event
  hosts:set of string
 end-declarations

! Start child nodes
 if NUM=0 then
  findxsrvs(1,10,hosts)     ! Try to find additional hosts on the local network
  NODELIST:=[""]
  forall(i in hosts) NODELIST+=[i]

  forall(n in NODELIST, ct as counter) NODES(ct):=n
  M:= getsize(B)

  forall(i in B) do
    create(moselInst(i))
    if connect(moselInst(i), NODES(i))<>0 then
      exit(2)
    elif compile(moselInst(i),"","rmt:piapproxf.mos","piapproxf.bim")<>0 then
      exit(3)
    end-if
  end-do

  forall(j in A) do
    load(moselInst(j mod M + 1), modPar(j), "piapproxf.bim")
                                   ! Start remote model execution
    run(modPar(j), "NUM="+j+",N="+N)
  end-do

 else
 ! Calculate a part of pi
   h:=1/N
   i:=NUM
   while(i <= N) do
     x:=h*(i-0.5)
     pisum+= 4/(1+x^2)
     i+=K
   end-do
   mypi:=h*pisum

   writeln(NUM, "(", getparam("NODENUMBER"), ",", getparam("JOBID"), "): ", 
     strfmt(mypi,20,19))
 end-if

 if NUM>0 then
 ! Return the solution value
   send(NEWSUM, mypi)
 else
 ! Add up values for parts returned by child models
   modct:=0
   while (modct<K) do
     wait
     ev:=getnextevent
     if getclass(ev)=NEWSUM then
       mypi+=getvalue(ev)
       modct+=1
     end-if
   end-do

 ! Solution output
   writeln("pi approximation: ", strfmt(mypi,20,19))
   writeln("pi (built-in):    ", strfmt(M_PI,20,19))
   writeln("difference   :    ", strfmt(abs(mypi-M_PI),20,19))
 end-if

end-model

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