m01ndf searches a strictly ordered vector of real numbers and returns the indices of the largest numbers in the vector which are smaller than or equal to the sought-after items.

2 Specification

Fortran Interface

Subroutine m01ndf (

valid, mode, rv, n, m1, m2, item, m, idx, h, k, lk, ifail)

Integer, Intent (In)	::	mode, n, m1, m2, m
Integer, Intent (Inout)	::	k(lk), lk, ifail
Integer, Intent (Out)	::	idx(m)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (In)	::	rv(n), item(m)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Inout)	::	h
Logical, Intent (In)	::	valid

C Header Interface

#include <nag.h>

void	m01ndf_ (const logical valid, const Integer mode, const double rv[], const Integer n, const Integer m1, const Integer m2, const double item[], const Integer m, Integer idx[], double h, Integer k[], Integer lk, Integer *ifail)

The routine may be called by the names m01ndf or nagf_sort_realvec_vec_search.

3 Description

m01ndf searches an array,

X

, of

n

strictly-increasing real numbers,

X_{i} < X_{i + 1}

i = 1 \dots (n - 1)

, for the elements of an unordered array of

m

real numbers,

Z

. If a value equal to a sought-after item

Z_{i}

is not found in

X

, the index of the immediate lower value is returned. If

Z_{i}

is less than

X_{1}

0

is returned.

The routine implements the direct search algorithm presented as Algorithm 8 in Cannizzo (2018). It precomputes a scalar,

H

, and a reference vector of indices,

K

, that it uses to speed up searches of

X

. The length of

K

is a function of the number of entries in

X

and their values, and the routine provides a mechanism to compute what this length should be.

If the amount of memory required for

K

is infeasible, m01ndf implements offset-based binary search (Algorithm 5 in Cannizzo (2018)) as an alternative that does not require

K

to be used.

See Section 9 for more information on the relative time complexities of the two search algorithms.

4 References

Cannizzo F (2018) A fast and vectorizable alternative to binary search in O(1) with wide applicability to arrays of floating point numbers Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing 113 37–54

5 Arguments

1: $valid$ – Logical Input

On entry: if valid is set to .TRUE. argument checking will be performed. If valid is set to .FALSE. m01ndf will be called without argument checking (which includes checking that array rv is sorted in strictly ascending order). See Section 9 for further details.

2: $mode$ – Integer Input

On entry: a code for selecting the operation to be performed by the routine. The first call to m01ndf must be made with

mode = 0

, and this must be followed by a second call with

mode = 1

. Thereafter repeated searches of rv can be made through repeated calls with

mode = 2

$mode = 0$: Compute h and lk. Following a call with $mode = 0$ , k must be allocated to hold lk elements and then the routine must be called again with $mode = 1$ .
$mode = 1$: Set up k (the reference vector) using the values of h and lk returned from a prior call to m01ndf with $mode = 0$ .
$mode = 2$: Direct search using h and k set up in prior calls to m01ndf with $mode = 0$ or $1$ .
$mode = 3$: Search using offset-based binary search, which does not require h or k to be used.

Constraint:

mode = 0

1

2

3

3: $rv (n)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input

On entry:

X

, the real values to be searched.

Constraint: elements of rv must be sorted in strictly ascending order.

4: $n$ – Integer Input

On entry:

n

, the number of real values to be searched.

Constraint:

n \geq 2

5: $m1$ – Integer Input

On entry: the index of the first element of rv to be searched.

Constraint:

m1 \geq 1

6: $m2$ – Integer Input

On entry: the index of the last element of rv to be searched.

Constraint:

m1 \leq m2 \leq n

7: $item (m)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input

On entry:

Z

, the sought-after items.

8: $m$ – Integer Input

On entry:

m

, the number of items sought.

Constraint:

m \geq 1

9: $idx (m)$ – Integer array Output

On exit: if

mode \neq 0

idx (i)

contains the index of the largest entry in rv which is smaller than or equal to

item (i)

10: $h$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) Communication Array

On entry:

H

, the reference scalar required by the direct search algorithm. If

mode = 0

, m01ndf calculates the value of h required by the direct search routine for the given values in rv. Otherwise, the value of h as declared in the (sub)routine from which m01ndf is called. If

mode = 0

, h is not referenced.

On exit: the value of h required by the direct search routine for the given values in rv.

Constraint: if

mode = 1

2

, h must be unchanged from the previous call to m01ndf.

11: $k (lk)$ – Integer array Communication Array

On entry: if

mode = 2

, k, the reference vector from the previous call to m01ndf. If

mode = 0

3

, k is not referenced.

On exit: if

mode = 1

2

, the reference vector.

Constraint: if

mode = 2

, k must be unchanged from the previous call to m01ndf.

12: $lk$ – Integer Input/Output

On entry: if

mode = 0

, m01ndf calculates the dimension of k required by the direct search routine for the given values in rv. Otherwise, the dimension of the array k as declared in the (sub)routine from which m01ndf is called. If

mode = 3

, lk is not referenced.

On exit: if

mode = 0

, the dimension of the array k required by the direct search routine for the given values in rv. Otherwise, the dimension of the array k as declared in the (sub)routine from which m01ndf is called.

Constraint: if

mode = 1

2

, lk must be unchanged from the previous call to m01ndf.

13: $ifail$ – Integer Input/Output

On entry: ifail must be set to

0

- 1 or 1

. If you are unfamiliar with this argument you should refer to Section 4 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for details.

For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value

- 1 or 1

is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value

1

is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this argument, the recommended value is

0

. When the value $- 1 or 1$ is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.

On exit:

ifail = 0

unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry

ifail = 0

- 1

, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).

Errors or warnings detected by the routine:

$ifail = 1$: On entry, $mode = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $mode = 0$ , $1$ , $2$ or $3$ .

$ifail = 2$: On entry, rv must be sorted in strictly ascending order: $rv element 〈value〉 > element 〈value〉$ .

$ifail = 3$: On entry, $m1 = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $m1 \geq 1$ .

$ifail = 4$: On entry, $m1 = 〈value〉$ , $m2 = 〈value〉$ , $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $m1 \leq m2 \leq n$ .

$ifail = 5$: On entry, $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $n \geq 2$ .

$ifail = 6$: On entry, $m = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $m \geq 1$ .

$ifail = 7$: On entry, the values in rv are such that the required value of lk would overflow the current platform's largest positive integer value. This error should only appear when m01ndf is called with $mode = 0$ (i.e., when the routine is asked to calculate the required value of lk for the given rv).

$ifail = 8$: Either m01ndf was not called with $mode = 0$ or $1$ , or the values of h, k or lk may have become corrupted.

$ifail = - 99$: An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$ifail = - 399$: Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$ifail = - 999$: Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

7 Accuracy

Not applicable.

8 Parallelism and Performance

m01ndf is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.

Please consult the X06 Chapter Introduction for information on how to control and interrogate the OpenMP environment used within this routine. Please also consult the Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.

9 Further Comments

The argument valid should be used with caution. Set it to .FALSE. only if you are confident that the other arguments are correct, in particular that array rv is in fact arranged in strictly ascending order. If you wish to search the same array rv many times, you are recommended to set valid to .TRUE. on the first call of m01ndf and to .FALSE. on subsequent calls, in order to minimize the amount of time spent checking rv, which may be significant if rv is large.

The time taken by m01ndf to construct the reference vector (i.e., when the routine is called with

mode = 1

) is

O (n)

. Note that the values stored in k depend on all entries of rv, and not just those in the interval

[m1, m2]

. Thereafter, searching for m items using direct search (i.e., when the routine is called with

mode = 2

) is

O (m)

. In contrast offset-based binary search (i.e., when the routine is called with

mode = 3

), does not require construction of the reference vector and has time complexity

O (m \log (n))

. Although this is the same as classical binary search, offset-based binary search may be faster in practice because the implementation does not feature conditional branches. Direct search is preferable when the overhead of constructing the reference vector can be offset by conducting multiple searches on an unchanged rv.

10 Example

This example reads a list of real numbers and a list of sought-after items and performs the search for these items. The example demonstrates how to use m01ndf for both direct search (i.e.,

mode = 2

) and offset-based binary search (

mode = 3

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▸▿ Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

10.1 Program Text

10.2 Program Data

10.3 Program Results

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