Vectorized Cluster Search
Abstract
Description
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the construction of clusters on a lattice can easily be vectorized, namely over each ``generation'' in a breadth first search. This applies directly to, e.g., the {\it single cluster} variant of the Swendsen-Wang algorithm. On a Cray Y-MP, total CPU time was reduced by a factor 3.5 -- 7 in actual applications.