Wallace Pitts wrote: > Robert; > > My wife is a biomathematics student at NCSU. She is currently working > on a Markov chain simulation using MATLAB. The goal is to use some sort > of search routine to find a set of transition matrix parameters that > minimize the sum of squares. The problem simulated say 10,000 molecules > for say 400 states. The search process is slow as mollassesb (we use > routines in the optimization toolbox as well as the Genetic algorithm > and direct search toolbox). > > I used FORTRAN in a former life, and still have a compiler or 2. In > addition I have several optimization routines lifted from "Optimization > with FORTRAN. > > Any suggestions as to compilers (have g77). gfortran is a vast improvement on g77. On the commercial front, all my experience is with the stuff from Portland Group, which is good.
> I have looked at the > propaganda on Intel's website, and they claim that their Visual FORTRAN > will handle multi core processors. Do they mean that they support OpenMP? This is hardly remarkable in a commercial product. > Regards, > > Wallace Pitts. -- Geoffrey D. Jacobs Go to the Chinese Restaurant, Order the Special _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
