/* parallel Monte Carlo area calculation */ /* slave program for first quadrant */ #include #include #include #define steps 50000 #define xmin 0.0 #define xmax 0.5 #define ymin 0.0 #define ymax 0.5 double f(double x) /* the function for the */ { /* border in this quadrant */ return(-sqrt(-x*x+x)+0.5); } main() { int i, ptid, bufid, dum, type, send[1]; double x, y; srand48(pvm_mytid()); /* seed the number generator */ /* not a good way of doing it */ ptid = pvm_parent(); do { send[0]=0; for (i=1; i<=steps; i++) { x= drand48()*(xmax+xmin); /* random points in the */ y= drand48()*(ymax+ymin); /* quadrant */ if (f(x)<=y) send[0]++; /* point is inside the figure */ } pvm_initsend(PvmDataDefault); /* send result back to master */ pvm_pkint(send, 1, 1); pvm_send(ptid, 1); bufid=pvm_recv(ptid, -1); /* any message from master */ pvm_bufinfo(bufid, &dum, &type, &dum); /* more work ? */ }while(type); pvm_exit; /* type=0 means we are done */ }