# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

March  2021, 14(3): 987-999. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2020381

## Computational optimization in solving the geodetic boundary value problems

 Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Mathematics and Descriptive Geometry, Radlinskeho 11, Bratislava 810 05, Slovakia

* Corresponding author: Marek Macák

Received  December 2018 Revised  March 2020 Published  March 2021 Early access  June 2020

The finite volume method (FVM) as a numerical method can be straightforwardly applied for global as well as local gravity field modelling. However, to obtain precise numerical solutions it requires very refined discretization which leads to large-scale parallel computations. To optimize such computations, we present a special class of numerical techniques that are based on a physical decomposition of the computational domain. The domain decomposition (DD) methods like the Additive Schwarz Method are very efficient methods for solving partial differential equations. We briefly present their mathematical formulations, and we test their efficiency in numerical experiments dealing with gravity field modelling. Since there is no need to solve special interface problems between neighbouring subdomains, in our applications we use the overlapping DD methods. Finally, we present the numerical experiment using the FVM approach with 93 312 000 000 unknowns that would not be possible to perform using available computing facilities without aforementioned methods that can efficiently reduce a numerical complexity of the problem.

Citation: Marek Macák, Róbert Čunderlík, Karol Mikula, Zuzana Minarechová. Computational optimization in solving the geodetic boundary value problems. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, 2021, 14 (3) : 987-999. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2020381
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##### References:
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Illustration of solution after: a) $1^{st}$ iteration of domain decomposition with $\eta = 15$, b) $10^{th}$ iteration of domain decomposition with $\eta = 15$
Illustration of data management in parallel DD implementations where blue color illustrate subdomains and yellow color illustrate parallelization
Global gravity field model with the resolution $1\times 1\ arc\; min$ on the Earth's surface, $[m^2 s^{-2}]$
Efficiency comparison of the stationary and nonstationary methods in the experiment with 259 200 unknowns, tested on one CPU core
 Solver CPU time Number of [s] iterations GS 703 10000 SOR 92 1136 BiCG 68 568 Bi-CGSTAB 41 348
 Solver CPU time Number of [s] iterations GS 703 10000 SOR 92 1136 BiCG 68 568 Bi-CGSTAB 41 348
Efficiency comparison for various Bi-CGSTAB linear solvers in the experiment with 4 374 000 unknowns, tested on one CPU core
 Solver Number of CPU time Additional memory iterations [s] for solver [MB] Bi-CGSTAB 1053 403.82 184.26 BiCGstab(2) 554 494.14 258.02 BiCGstab(4) 272 629.01 405.46 BiCGstab(8) 130 860.86 700.34
 Solver Number of CPU time Additional memory iterations [s] for solver [MB] Bi-CGSTAB 1053 403.82 184.26 BiCGstab(2) 554 494.14 258.02 BiCGstab(4) 272 629.01 405.46 BiCGstab(8) 130 860.86 700.34
Comparison of Processes/Threads parallelization in the experiment with 4 374 000 unknowns, tested on 4 quad-core CPUs
 MPI OpenMP CPU time Speedup RAM Memory Processes Threads [s] ratio [MB] increase 1 1 403.82 - 237.108 - 2 232.40 1.73 4 191.36 2.11 8 87.31 4.63 16 57.51 7.02 2 1 216.84 1.86 245.868 +3.7% 2 126.17 3.20 4 98.46 4.10 8 85.88 4.70 4 1 114.01 3.54 266.040 +12.2% 2 79.72 5.06 4 55.56 7.26 8 1 79.34 5.09 308.456 +30.0% 2 70.81 5.70 16 1 59.51 6.78 390.068 +64.5%
 MPI OpenMP CPU time Speedup RAM Memory Processes Threads [s] ratio [MB] increase 1 1 403.82 - 237.108 - 2 232.40 1.73 4 191.36 2.11 8 87.31 4.63 16 57.51 7.02 2 1 216.84 1.86 245.868 +3.7% 2 126.17 3.20 4 98.46 4.10 8 85.88 4.70 4 1 114.01 3.54 266.040 +12.2% 2 79.72 5.06 4 55.56 7.26 8 1 79.34 5.09 308.456 +30.0% 2 70.81 5.70 16 1 59.51 6.78 390.068 +64.5%
Efficiency comparison for the different number of subdomains in the DD experiment with 4 374 000 unknowns, tested on one CPU core
 Number of CPU time Speedup RAM Memory subdomains [s] ratio [MB] saving 1 403.82 - 237.108 - 5 1651.68 0.24 89.868 -62.1% 10 907.99 0.44 71.308 -69.9% 15 856.04 0.46 65.248 -72.5% 30 854.24 0.47 57.816 -75.6%
 Number of CPU time Speedup RAM Memory subdomains [s] ratio [MB] saving 1 403.82 - 237.108 - 5 1651.68 0.24 89.868 -62.1% 10 907.99 0.44 71.308 -69.9% 15 856.04 0.46 65.248 -72.5% 30 854.24 0.47 57.816 -75.6%
Efficiency comparison for the different number $\eta$ in the experiment with 4 374 000 unknowns for case of 30 subdomains, tested on one CPU core
 $\eta$ CPU time Speedup [s] ratio 1 854.24 - 5 308.02 2.77 10 252.33 3.38 15 224.65 3.80 20 236.56 3.61 25 265.73 3.21
 $\eta$ CPU time Speedup [s] ratio 1 854.24 - 5 308.02 2.77 10 252.33 3.38 15 224.65 3.80 20 236.56 3.61 25 265.73 3.21
Comparison for the different number of subdomains using parallel DD method in the experiment with 4 374 000 unknowns with $\eta = 15$, tested on 4 quad-core CPUs
 Number of CPU time Speedup RAM Memory subdomains [s] ratio [MB] saving 1 55.56 - 266.040 - 5 55.52 1.00 115.508 -56.6% 10 28.47 1.95 97.568 -63.3% 15 17.44 3.18 91.156 -65.7% 30 18.67 2.97 84.128 -68.3%
 Number of CPU time Speedup RAM Memory subdomains [s] ratio [MB] saving 1 55.56 - 266.040 - 5 55.52 1.00 115.508 -56.6% 10 28.47 1.95 97.568 -63.3% 15 17.44 3.18 91.156 -65.7% 30 18.67 2.97 84.128 -68.3%
Efficiency comparison for different computation strategies in the experiment with 4 374 000 unknowns where we use 30 subdomains and $\eta = 15$
 Computation CPU time Speedup RAM Memory strategies [s] ratio [MB] saving Serial without DD 403.82 - 237.108 - Serial with DD 224.65 1.79 57.816 -75.6% Parallel without DD 55.56 7.26 266.040 +10.8% Parallel with DD 18.67 21.6 84.128 -64.5%
 Computation CPU time Speedup RAM Memory strategies [s] ratio [MB] saving Serial without DD 403.82 - 237.108 - Serial with DD 224.65 1.79 57.816 -75.6% Parallel without DD 55.56 7.26 266.040 +10.8% Parallel with DD 18.67 21.6 84.128 -64.5%
Comparison for the different number of subdomains using Parallel-Domain decomposition method in the experiment with 34 992 000 000 unknowns, tested on 28 octo-core CPUs
 No. sub. CPU time CPU time RAM Memory domains [s] saving [GB] saving 1 706.8 - 1 652 - 2 683.6 1.03 968 -41.4% 5 703.5 1.00 557 -66.3% 10 700.9 1.01 420 -74.5% 15 710.0 0.99 375 -77.3% 30 718.5 0.98 329 -80.0%
 No. sub. CPU time CPU time RAM Memory domains [s] saving [GB] saving 1 706.8 - 1 652 - 2 683.6 1.03 968 -41.4% 5 703.5 1.00 557 -66.3% 10 700.9 1.01 420 -74.5% 15 710.0 0.99 375 -77.3% 30 718.5 0.98 329 -80.0%
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