Parallel Algorithms: Difference between revisions

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;Parallel Rake Contraction Scheme
;Parallel Rake Contraction Scheme
Apply legal parallel rakes until the tree becomes a 3-node binary tree
Apply legal parallel rakes until the tree becomes a 3-node binary tree
;Parallel Rake Contraction Algorithm


Step 1: Number nodes according to a DFS using the Euler tour algorithm.<br>
Step 1: Number nodes according to a DFS using the Euler tour algorithm.<br>
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* Apply parallel rakes to leaves in <math>L_1</math>, unless the parent is the root.
* Apply parallel rakes to leaves in <math>L_1</math>, unless the parent is the root.
* Apply parallel rakes to leaves in <math>L - L_1</math>, unless the parent is the root.
* Apply parallel rakes to leaves in <math>L - L_1</math>, unless the parent is the root.
* Repeat Step 2 until the tree is a 3-node binary tree
===Complexity===
Step 2 takes <math>O(\log n)</math> rounds. Each leaf gets raked only once.<br>
In total we take <math>O(\log n)</math> time and <math>O(n)</math> work.


==Resources==
==Resources==