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+/*
+ * phase_chain.cpp
+ *
+ * Example of MPI parallelization with odeint
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013 Karsten Ahnert
+ * Copyright 2013 Mario Mulansky
+ * Copyright 2013 Pascal Germroth
+ * Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
+ * accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+ * http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+#include <boost/random.hpp>
+#include <boost/timer/timer.hpp>
+//[phase_chain_mpi_header
+#include <boost/numeric/odeint.hpp>
+#include <boost/numeric/odeint/external/mpi/mpi.hpp>
+//]
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace boost::numeric::odeint;
+using boost::timer::cpu_timer;
+using boost::math::double_constants::pi;
+
+//[phase_chain_state
+typedef mpi_state< vector<double> > state_type;
+//]
+
+//[phase_chain_mpi_rhs
+struct phase_chain_mpi_state
+{
+    phase_chain_mpi_state( double gamma = 0.5 )
+    : m_gamma( gamma ) { }
+
+    void operator()( const state_type &x , state_type &dxdt , double /* t */ ) const
+    {
+        const size_t M = x().size();
+        const bool have_left = x.world.rank() > 0,
+                   have_right = x.world.rank() < x.world.size()-1;
+        double x_left, x_right;
+        boost::mpi::request r_left, r_right;
+        if( have_left )
+        {
+            x.world.isend( x.world.rank()-1 , 0 , x().front() ); // send to x_right
+            r_left = x.world.irecv( x.world.rank()-1 , 0 , x_left ); // receive from x().back()
+        }
+        if( have_right )
+        {
+            x.world.isend( x.world.rank()+1 , 0 , x().back() ); // send to x_left
+            r_right = x.world.irecv( x.world.rank()+1 , 0 , x_right ); // receive from x().front()
+        }
+        for(size_t m = 1 ; m < M-1 ; ++m)
+        {
+            dxdt()[m] = coupling_func( x()[m+1] - x()[m] ) +
+                        coupling_func( x()[m-1] - x()[m] );
+        }
+        dxdt()[0] = coupling_func( x()[1] - x()[0] );
+        if( have_left )
+        {
+            r_left.wait();
+            dxdt()[0] += coupling_func( x_left - x().front() );
+        }
+        dxdt()[M-1] = coupling_func( x()[M-2] - x()[M-1] );
+        if( have_right )
+        {
+            r_right.wait();
+            dxdt()[M-1] += coupling_func( x_right - x().back() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    double coupling_func( double x ) const
+    {
+        return sin( x ) - m_gamma * ( 1.0 - cos( x ) );
+    }
+
+    double m_gamma;
+};
+//]
+
+
+int main( int argc , char **argv )
+{
+    //[phase_chain_mpi_init
+    boost::mpi::environment env( argc , argv );
+    boost::mpi::communicator world;
+
+    const size_t N = 131101;
+    vector<double> x;
+    if( world.rank() == 0 )
+    {
+        x.resize( N );
+        boost::random::uniform_real_distribution<double> distribution( 0.0 , 2.0*pi );
+        boost::random::mt19937 engine( 0 );
+        generate( x.begin() , x.end() , boost::bind( distribution , engine ) );
+    }
+
+    state_type x_split( world );
+    split( x , x_split );
+    //]
+
+
+    cpu_timer timer;
+    //[phase_chain_mpi_integrate
+    integrate_n_steps( runge_kutta4<state_type>() , phase_chain_mpi_state( 1.2 ) ,
+                       x_split , 0.0 , 0.01 , 100 );
+    unsplit( x_split , x );
+    //]
+
+    if( world.rank() == 0 )
+    {
+        double run_time = static_cast<double>(timer.elapsed().wall) * 1.0e-9;
+        std::cerr << run_time << "s" << std::endl;
+        // copy(x.begin(), x.end(), ostream_iterator<double>(cout, "\n"));
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}