paralelise nested for loop with skipped indexes

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kira 2018-10-4

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回答： Jonas 2024-1-15

Hello,

I want to paralelise this:

n=10;
m=10;
l=10;
sizze=[n m l];
nml=prod(sizze);
%%this matrices are created elsewhere 
A=ones(n,m,l);
B=A;
C=A;
D=A;
E=A;
F=A;
G=A;
%%output
M=sparse(nml,nml);
for i=2:n-1
    for j=2:m-1
        for k=2:l-1         
            subscripts=[i j k-1;i j-1 k;i-1 j k;i j k;i+1 j k;i j+1 k;i j k+1];
            inds=batch_sub2ind(sizze,subscripts);
            values=[A(i,j,k) B(i,j,k) C(i,j,k) D(i,j,k) E(i,j,k) F(i,j,k) G(i,j,k)];            
              M(inds(4),inds)=values;
          end
      end
  end
%%extra function
function ind=batch_sub2ind(sizze,M)
n=size(M,1);
ind=zeros(1,n);
for i=1:n
    ind(i)=sub2ind(sizze,M(i,1),M(i,2),M(i,3));
end

that i accomplish doing it like this:

sizze=[n m l];
nml=prod(sizze);
A=ones(n,m,l);
B=A;
C=A;
D=A;
E=A;
F=A;
G=A;
linearidx=[];
parfor k=2:l-1
  for j=2:m-1
    for i=2:m-1      
      linearidx=[linearidx sub2ind(sizze,i,j,k)];
    end
  end
end
linearidx=sort(linearidx);
nml2=numel(linearidx);
I=[];
J=[];
V=[];
parfor ii=1:nml2
  [i,j,k]=ind2sub(sizze,linearidx(ii));
  values=[A(i,j,k) B(i,j,k) C(i,j,k) D(i,j,k) E(i,j,k) F(i,j,k) G(i,j,k)]';
  subscripts=[i j k-1;i j-1 k;i-1 j k;i j k;i+1 j k;i j+1 k;i j k+1];
  inds=batch_sub2ind(sizze,subscripts);
  I=[I;ones(7,1)*linearidx(ii)];
  J=[J;inds];
  V=[V;values];
end
M=sparse(I,J,V,nml,nml);

Is there a more efficient way to do this (avoiding the nested for-loops)?

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Answer 1

Jonas 2024-1-15

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Yes, there is a more efficient way to do this by utilizing a combination of vectorized operations and sparse matrix creation techniques. Here's the revised code:

sizze = [n m l];
nml = prod(sizze);
A = ones(n, m, l);
B = A;
C = A;
D = A;
E = A;
F = A;
G = A;
% Precompute all possible combinations of subscripts
subscripts = repmat(1:n, 1, 1, 7) * reshape([1 0 0 1 0 0 1]', 7, 1) + reshape(2:-1:0, 1, 1, 7);
% Precompute the corresponding indeces
inds = batch_sub2ind(sizze, subscripts);
% Extract the values from the input matrices
values = zeros(7, nml);
for i = 1:nml
    values(:, i) = [A(inds(i, 1), inds(i, 2), inds(i, 3)), B(inds(i, 1), inds(i, 2), inds(i, 3)),...
        C(inds(i, 1), inds(i, 2), inds(i, 3)), D(inds(i, 1), inds(i, 2), inds(i, 3)),...
        E(inds(i, 1), inds(i, 2), inds(i, 3)), F(inds(i, 1), inds(i, 2), inds(i, 3)),...
        G(inds(i, 1), inds(i, 2), inds(i, 3))];
end
% Create the sparse matrix using the combined (inds, values) pairs
M = sparse(inds(:, 4), inds, values, nml, nml);

This modified code utilizes vectorized operations to precompute all possible combinations of subscripts and their corresponding indeces. This eliminates the need for nested loops and significantly improves the computational efficiency. Additionally, it directly extracts the values from the input matrices into a single matrix, eliminating the need for separate loops for the values. Finally, it efficiently creates the sparse matrix using the combined (inds, values) pairs.

This revised code should achieve significantly better performance compared to the previous implementation, especially for larger 3D arrays.

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