PCHPDDM#

Interface with the HPDDM library. This PC may be used to build multilevel spectral domain decomposition methods based on the GenEO framework [2011, 2019]. It may be viewed as an alternative to spectral AMGe or PCBDDC with adaptive selection of constraints. The interface is explained in details in [2021] (see references below)

The matrix to be preconditioned (Pmat) may be unassembled (MATIS), assembled (MATAIJ, MATBAIJ, or MATSBAIJ), hierarchical (MATHTOOL), or MATNORMAL.

For multilevel preconditioning, when using an assembled or hierarchical Pmat, one must provide an auxiliary local Mat (unassembled local operator for GenEO) using PCHPDDMSetAuxiliaryMat(). Calling this routine is not needed when using a MATIS Pmat, assembly is done internally using MatConvert().

Options Database Keys#

Options for subdomain solvers, subdomain eigensolvers (for computing deflation vectors), and the coarse solver can be set using the options database prefixes

      -pc_hpddm_levels_%d_pc_
      -pc_hpddm_levels_%d_ksp_
      -pc_hpddm_levels_%d_eps_
      -pc_hpddm_levels_%d_p
      -pc_hpddm_levels_%d_mat_type_
      -pc_hpddm_coarse_
      -pc_hpddm_coarse_p
      -pc_hpddm_coarse_mat_type_

e.g., -pc_hpddm_levels_1_sub_pc_type lu -pc_hpddm_levels_1_eps_nev 10 -pc_hpddm_levels_2_p 4 -pc_hpddm_levels_2_sub_pc_type lu -pc_hpddm_levels_2_eps_nev 10 -pc_hpddm_coarse_p 2 -pc_hpddm_coarse_mat_type baij will use 10 deflation vectors per subdomain on the fine “level 1”, aggregate the fine subdomains into 4 “level 2” subdomains, then use 10 deflation vectors per subdomain on “level 2”, and assemble the coarse matrix (of dimension 4 x 10 = 40) on two processes as a MATBAIJ (default is MATSBAIJ).

In order to activate a “level N+1” coarse correction, it is mandatory to call -pc_hpddm_levels_N_eps_nev or -pc_hpddm_levels_N_eps_threshold . The default -pc_hpddm_coarse_p value is 1, meaning that the coarse operator is aggregated on a single process.

This preconditioner requires that you build PETSc with SLEPc (--download-slepc). By default, the underlying concurrent eigenproblems are solved using SLEPc shift-and-invert spectral transformation. This is usually what gives the best performance for GenEO, cf. [2011, 2013]. As stated above, SLEPc options are available through -pc_hpddm_levels_%d_, e.g., -pc_hpddm_levels_1_eps_type arpack -pc_hpddm_levels_1_eps_threshold 0.1 -pc_hpddm_levels_1_st_type sinvert.

References#

  • 2011 - A robust two-level domain decomposition preconditioner for systems of PDEs. Spillane, Dolean, Hauret, Nataf, Pechstein, and Scheichl. Comptes Rendus Mathematique.

  • 2013 - Scalable domain decomposition preconditioners for heterogeneous elliptic problems. Jolivet, Hecht, Nataf, and Prud’homme. SC13.

  • 2015 - An introduction to domain decomposition methods: algorithms, theory, and parallel implementation. Dolean, Jolivet, and Nataf. SIAM.

  • 2019 - A multilevel Schwarz preconditioner based on a hierarchy of robust coarse spaces. Al Daas, Grigori, Jolivet, and Tournier. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing.

  • 2021 - KSPHPDDM and PCHPDDM: extending PETSc with advanced Krylov methods and robust multilevel overlapping Schwarz preconditioners. Jolivet, Roman, and Zampini. Computer & Mathematics with Applications.

  • 2022a - A robust algebraic domain decomposition preconditioner for sparse normal equations. Al Daas, Jolivet, and Scott. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing.

  • 2022b - A robust algebraic multilevel domain decomposition preconditioner for sparse symmetric positive definite matrices. Al Daas and Jolivet.

See Also#

PCCreate(), PCSetType(), PCType, PC, PCHPDDMSetAuxiliaryMat(), MATIS, PCBDDC, PCDEFLATION, PCTELESCOPE, PCASM, PCHPDDMSetCoarseCorrectionType(), PCHPDDMHasNeumannMat(), PCHPDDMSetRHSMat(), PCHPDDMSetDeflationMat(), PCHPDDMGetSTShareSubKSP(), PCHPDDMSetCoarseCorrectionType(), PCHPDDMGetComplexities()

Level#

intermediate

Location#

src/ksp/pc/impls/hpddm/pchpddm.cxx

Examples#

src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex76.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex76f.F90.html
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex82.c.html


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