/* parallel Monte Carlo area calculation */ /* slave program for third quadrant */ #include #include #include #define steps 50000 /* number of points */ #define xmin -0.5 #define xmax 0.0 #define ymin -0.5 #define ymax 0.0 double f(double x) /* the function for the */ { /* border in this quadrant */ return(-sqrt((1-x*x/0.25)*0.09)); } main() { int i, ptid, bufid, dum, send[1], type; 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, 3); 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 */ }