Compensation of Measurement Overhead in Parallel Performance Profiling Export

@article{citeulike:5828475, abstract = {Performance profiling generates measurement overhead during parallel program execution. Measurement overhead, in turn, introduces intrusion in a program's runtime performance behavior. Intrusion can be mitigated by controlling instrumentation degree, allowing a tradeoff of accuracy for detail. Alternatively, the accuracy in profile results can be improved by reducing the intrusion error due to measurement overhead. Models for compensation of measurement overhead in parallel performance profiling are described. An approach based on rational reconstruction is used to understand properties of compensation solutions for different parallel scenarios. From this analysis, a general algorithm for on-the-fly overhead assessment and compensation is derived. 10.1177/1094342007077862}, author = {Malony, Allen D. and Shende, Sameer and Morris, Alan and Wolf, Felix}, citeulike-article-id = {5828475}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1094342007077862}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://hpc.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/2/174}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1094342007077862}, journal = {International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications}, keywords = {mpi, mpi\_tools, performance\_analysis}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {174--194}, posted-at = {2009-09-23 08:52:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Compensation of Measurement Overhead in Parallel Performance Profiling}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1094342007077862}, volume = {21}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5828475 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5828475 N2 - Performance profiling generates measurement overhead during parallel program execution. Measurement overhead, in turn, introduces intrusion in a program's runtime performance behavior. Intrusion can be mitigated by controlling instrumentation degree, allowing a tradeoff of accuracy for detail. Alternatively, the accuracy in profile results can be improved by reducing the intrusion error due to measurement overhead. Models for compensation of measurement overhead in parallel performance profiling are described. An approach based on rational reconstruction is used to understand properties of compensation solutions for different parallel scenarios. From this analysis, a general algorithm for on-the-fly overhead assessment and compensation is derived. 10.1177/1094342007077862 IS - 2 JF - International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications EP - 194 TI - Compensation of Measurement Overhead in Parallel Performance Profiling VL - 21 SP - 174 KW - mpi KW - mpi_tools KW - performance_analysis AU - Malony, Allen AU - Shende, Sameer AU - Morris, Alan AU - Wolf, Felix PY - 2007/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1094342007077862 ER -