Hmm, interesting So if I understand right, this is just sort of like letting the PM run independently on N processors, exploring different parts of the hypergraph...
Not as fancy as a parallel backtracker, but might work almost as well in most common cases... I'd need to think/study more ... On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 4:46 PM, 'Nil Geisweiller' via opencog <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding multi-threaded pattern matcher, I've always wondered, why not just > wrap the following loops > > https://github.com/opencog/atomspace/blob/master/opencog/query/InitiateSearchCB.cc#L393 > https://github.com/opencog/atomspace/blob/master/opencog/query/InitiateSearchCB.cc#L634 > https://github.com/opencog/atomspace/blob/master/opencog/query/InitiateSearchCB.cc#L821 > > in omp algos (see > https://github.com/opencog/cogutil/blob/master/opencog/util/oc_omp.h) since > most of the time (always?) `found` is set to false anyway. > > By setting min_n appropriately (see > https://github.com/opencog/cogutil/blob/master/opencog/util/oc_omp.h#L64) > we'd avoid unnecessary multi-threading overhead. > > All we'd need to have this working would be to make sure that the PM code is > multi-threaded safe (maybe easier said than done). > > What do you guys think? > > Nil > > On 01/24/2018 08:06 AM, Parth Thakkar wrote: >> >> I was going through the suggested projects page, and found this page: >> (https://wiki.opencog.org/w/Parallelizing_OpenCog). I'd like to know if it >> is still in scope. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "opencog" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/4feba3cc-72bd-42fc-ab13-08fef4d81b8d%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/4feba3cc-72bd-42fc-ab13-08fef4d81b8d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "opencog" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/c143005d-d924-daec-5961-359bdd03b253%40gmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended. In the mind, there are no limits.... In the province of connected minds, what the network believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended. In the network's mind there are no limits." -- John Lilly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "opencog" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/CACYTDBfU%2BZb76QQv60d%3D2GOg%2BVcZePC7Bwh8Y7z11oayQCxbbg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
