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-\begin{document} \RCE{Titre a confirmer.} \title{Comparative performance
-analysis of simulated grid-enabled numerical iterative algorithms}
+\begin{document}
+\title{Grid-enabled simulation of large-scale linear iterative solvers}
 %\itshape{\journalnamelc}\footnotemark[2]}
 
 \author{Charles Emile Ramamonjisoa\affil{1},
@@ -94,28 +94,27 @@ analysis of simulated grid-enabled numerical iterative algorithms}
   Email:~\email{l.zianekhodja@ulg.ac.be}
 }
 
-\begin{abstract}   The behavior of multi-core applications is always a challenge
-to predict, especially with a new architecture for which no experiment has been
-performed. With some applications, it is difficult, if not impossible, to build
-accurate performance models. That is why another solution is to use a simulation
-tool which allows us to change many parameters of the architecture (network
-bandwidth, latency, number of processors) and to simulate the execution of such
-applications. The main contribution of this paper is to show that the use of a
-simulation tool (here we have decided to use the SimGrid toolkit) can really
-help developpers to better tune their applications for a given multi-core
-architecture.
-
-In particular we focus our attention on two parallel iterative algorithms based
-on the  Multisplitting algorithm  and we  compare them  to the  GMRES algorithm.
-These algorithms  are used to  solve linear  systems. Two different  variants of
-the Multisplitting are studied: one  using synchronoous  iterations and  another
-one  with asynchronous iterations. For each algorithm we have simulated
-different architecture parameters to evaluate their influence on the overall
-execution time.  The obtain simulated results confirm the real results
-previously obtained on different real multi-core architectures and also confirm
-the efficiency of the asynchronous multisplitting algorithm compared to the
-synchronous GMRES method.
+\begin{abstract} %% The behavior of multi-core applications is always a challenge
+%% to predict, especially with a new architecture for which no experiment has been
+%% performed. With some applications, it is difficult, if not impossible, to build
+%% accurate performance models. That is why another solution is to use a simulation
+%% tool which allows us to change many parameters of the architecture (network
+%% bandwidth, latency, number of processors) and to simulate the execution of such
+%% applications. The main contribution of this paper is to show that the use of a
+%% simulation tool (here we have decided to use the SimGrid toolkit) can really
+%% help developers to better tune their applications for a given multi-core
+%% architecture.
 
+%% In this paper we focus our attention on the simulation of iterative algorithms to solve sparse linear systems on large clusters. We study the behavior of the widely used GMRES algorithm and two different variants of the Multisplitting algorithms: one using synchronous iterations and another one with asynchronous iterations.  
+%% For each algorithm we have simulated
+%% different architecture parameters to evaluate their influence on the overall
+%% execution time. 
+%% The simulations confirm the real results previously obtained on different real multi-core architectures and also confirm the efficiency of the asynchronous Multisplitting algorithm on distant clusters compared to the synchronous GMRES algorithm.
+
+
+The behavior of multi-core applications is always a challenge to predict, especially with a new architecture for which no experiment has been performed. With some applications, it is difficult, if not impossible, to build accurate performance models. That is why another solution is to use a simulation tool which allows us to change many parameters of the architecture (network bandwidth, latency, number of processors) and to simulate the execution of such applications. 
+
+In this paper we focus on the simulation of iterative algorithms to solve sparse linear systems. We study the behavior of the GMRES algorithm and two different variants of the Multisplitting algorithms: using synchronous or asynchronous iterations. For each algorithm we have simulated different architecture parameters to evaluate their influence on the overall execution time. The simulations confirm the real results previously obtained on different real multi-core architectures and also confirm the efficiency of the asynchronous Multisplitting algorithm on distant clusters compared to the GMRES algorithm.
 \end{abstract}
 
 %\keywords{Algorithm; distributed; iterative; asynchronous; simulation; simgrid;
@@ -171,34 +170,24 @@ very different execution times. In this challenging context we think that the
 use of a simulation tool can greatly leverage the possibility of testing various
 platform scenarios.
 
-The main contribution of this paper is to show that the use of a simulation tool
-(i.e. the SimGrid toolkit~\cite{SimGrid}) in the context of real  parallel
-applications (i.e. large linear system solvers) can help developers to better
-tune their application for a given multi-core architecture. To show the validity
-of this approach we first compare the simulated execution of the multisplitting
-algorithm  with  the  GMRES   (Generalized   Minimal  Residual)
-solver~\cite{saad86} in synchronous mode. The simulation results allow us to
-determine which method to choose given a specified multi-core architecture.
-
-\LZK{Pas trop convainquant comme argument pour valider l'approche de simulation. \\On peut dire par exemple: on a pu simuler différents algos itératifs à large échelle (le plus connu GMRES et deux variantes de multisplitting) et la simulation nous a permis (sans avoir le vrai matériel) de déterminer quelle serait la meilleure solution pour une telle configuration de l'archi ou vice versa.\\A revoir...}
-\DL{OK : ajout d'une phrase précisant tout cela}
-
-Moreover the obtained results on different simulated multi-core architectures
-confirm the real results previously obtained on non simulated architectures.
+The  {\bf main  contribution  of  this paper}  is  to show  that  the  use of  a
+simulation tool (i.e. the SimGrid toolkit~\cite{SimGrid}) in the context of real
+parallel applications (i.e. large linear  system solvers) can help developers to
+better tune their  application for a given multi-core architecture.  To show the
+validity of this approach we first compare the simulated execution of the Krylov
+multisplitting  algorithm   with  the   GMRES  (Generalized   Minimal  Residual)
+solver~\cite{saad86} in  synchronous mode.  The simulation  results allow  us to
+determine  which method  to choose  given a  specified multi-core  architecture.
+Moreover the  obtained results  on different simulated  multi-core architectures
+confirm the  real results  previously obtained  on non  simulated architectures.
 More precisely the simulated results are in accordance (i.e. with the same order
-of magnitude) with the works presented in [], which show that the multisplitting
-method is more efficient than GMRES for large scale clusters.
+of magnitude)  with the works  presented in~\cite{couturier15}, which  show that
+the synchronous  multisplitting method  is more efficient  than GMRES  for large
+scale  clusters.   Simulated   results  also  confirm  the   efficiency  of  the
+asynchronous  multisplitting   algorithm  compared  to  the   synchronous  GMRES
+especially in case of geographically distant clusters.
 
-\LZK{Il n y a pas dans la partie expé cette comparaison et confirmation des résultats entre la simulation et l'exécution réelle des algos sur les vrais clusters.\\ Sinon on pourrait ajouter dans la partie expé une référence vers le journal supercomput de krylov multi pour confirmer que cette méthode est meilleure que GMRES sur les clusters large échelle.}
-\DL{OK ajout d'une phrase. Par contre je n'ai pas la ref. Merci de la mettre}
-
-We also confirm  the efficiency  of the
-asynchronous  multisplitting algorithm compared to the synchronous  GMRES.
-
-\LZK{P.S.: Pour tout le papier, le principal objectif n'est pas de faire des comparaisons entre des méthodes itératives!!\\Sinon, les deux algorithmes Krylov multisplitting synchrone et multisplitting asynchrone sont plus efficaces que GMRES sur des clusters à large échelle.\\Et préciser, si c'est vraiment le cas, que le multisplitting asynchrone est plus efficace et adapté aux clusters distants par rapport aux deux autres algos (je n'ai pas encore lu la partie expé)}
-
-In
-this way and with a simple computing architecture (a laptop) SimGrid allows us
+In this way and with a simple computing architecture (a laptop) SimGrid allows us
 to run a test campaign  of  a  real parallel iterative  applications on
 different simulated multi-core architectures.  To our knowledge, there is no
 related work on the large-scale multi-core simulation of a real synchronous and
@@ -211,8 +200,6 @@ Section~\ref{sec:04} details the different solvers that we use.  Finally our
 experimental results are presented in section~\ref{sec:expe} followed by some
 concluding remarks and perspectives.
 
-\LZK{Proposition d'un titre pour le papier: Grid-enabled simulation of large-scale linear iterative solvers.}
-
 
 \section{The asynchronous iteration model and the motivations of our work}
 \label{sec:asynchro}
@@ -637,9 +624,7 @@ speed inter-cluster  network (N1) and  also on  a less performant  network (N2).
 Figure~\ref{fig:02} shows that end users will reduce the execution time
 for  both  algorithms when using  a  grid  architecture  like  4x16 or  8x8: the reduction is about $2$. The results depict  also that when
 the  network speed  drops down (variation of 12.5\%), the  difference between  the two Multisplitting algorithms execution times can reach more than 25\%.
-%\RC{c'est pas clair : la différence entre quoi et quoi?}
-%\DL{pas clair}
-%\RCE{Modifie}
+
 
 
 %\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{100mm}
@@ -784,10 +769,16 @@ on the  algorithms performance in  varying the CPU  power of the  clusters nodes
 from $1$ to $19$ GFlops.  The outputs  depicted in Figure~\ref{fig:06}  confirm the
 performance gain,  around $95\%$ for  both of the  two methods, after  adding more
 powerful CPU.
+\ \\
+%\DL{il faut une conclusion sur ces tests : ils confirment les résultats déjà
+%obtenus en grandeur réelle. Donc c'est une aide précieuse pour les dev. Pas
+%besoin de déployer sur une archi réelle}
 
-\DL{il faut une conclusion sur ces tests : ils confirment les résultats déjà
-obtenus en grandeur réelle. Donc c'est une aide précieuse pour les dev. Pas
-besoin de déployer sur une archi réelle}
+To conclude these series of experiments, with  SimGrid we have been able to make
+many simulations  with many parameters  variations. Doing all  these experiments
+with a real platform is most of  the time not possible. Moreover the behavior of
+both GMRES and  Krylov multisplitting methods is in accordance  with larger real
+executions on large scale supercomputer~\cite{couturier15}.
 
 
 \subsection{Comparing GMRES in native synchronous mode and the multisplitting algorithm in asynchronous mode}
@@ -834,7 +825,7 @@ Again,  comprehensive and  extensive tests  have been  conducted with  different
 parameters as  the CPU power, the  network parameters (bandwidth and  latency)
 and with different problem size. The  relative gains greater than $1$  between the
 two algorithms have  been captured after  each step  of the test.   In
-Figure~\ref{fig:07}  are  reported the  best  grid  configurations allowing
+Table~\ref{tab:08}  are  reported the  best  grid  configurations allowing
 the  multisplitting method to  be more than  $2.5$ times faster  than the
 classical  GMRES.  These  experiments also  show the  relative tolerance  of the
 multisplitting algorithm when using a low speed network as usually observed with
@@ -849,7 +840,7 @@ geographically distant clusters through the internet.
     \end{tabular}}
 
 
-\begin{figure}[!t]
+\begin{table}[!t]
 \centering
 %\begin{table}
 %  \caption{Relative gain of the multisplitting algorithm compared with the classical GMRES}
@@ -876,14 +867,35 @@ geographically distant clusters through the internet.
     \hline
   \end{mytable}
 %\end{table}
- \caption{Relative gain of the multisplitting algorithm compared with the classical GMRES
-\AG{C'est un tableau, pas une figure}}
- \label{fig:07}
-\end{figure}
+ \caption{Relative gain of the multisplitting algorithm compared with the classical GMRES}
+ \label{tab:08}
+\end{table}
 
 
 \section{Conclusion}
-CONCLUSION
+
+In this paper we have presented the simulation of the execution of three
+different parallel solvers on some multi-core architectures. We have show that
+the SimGrid toolkit is an interesting simulation tool that has allowed us to
+determine  which method  to choose  given a  specified multi-core  architecture.
+Moreover the simulated results are in accordance (i.e. with the same order of
+magnitude)  with the works  presented in~\cite{couturier15}. Simulated   results
+also  confirm  the   efficiency  of  the asynchronous  multisplitting
+algorithm  compared  to  the   synchronous  GMRES especially in case of
+geographically distant clusters.
+
+These results are important since it is very  time consuming to find optimal
+configuration  and deployment requirements for a given application  on   a given
+multi-core  architecture. Finding   good  resource allocations policies under
+varying CPU power, network speeds and  loads is very challenging and  labor
+intensive. This problematic is  even more difficult  for the  asynchronous
+scheme where  a small parameter variation of the execution platform and of the
+application data can lead to very different numbers of iterations to reach the
+converge and so to very different execution times.
+
+
+Our future works...
+
 
 
 %\section*{Acknowledgment}
@@ -892,9 +904,7 @@ This work is partially funded by the Labex ACTION program (contract ANR-11-LABX-
 
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 \bibliography{biblio}
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-  \texttt{empty booktitle in Bru95}%
-).}
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 \end{document}