On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 18:17, Mohammad Mirzadeh <mirzadeh at gmail.com> wrote:
> When using -mat_partitioning_view flag, PETSc reports number of edge cuts. > Is this the number of edge cuts in the graph for the new partitioning (i.e. > using new global numbering)? > yes > > Also, does the partitioning favors minimizing the edge cuts over having > equal number of points per processor? If so, how can this be altered? > Metis and ParMetis balance the partitions "equally" (within 1 vertex), then tries to minimize the edge cut. Assuming that is the partitioner you are using, that is what you will get. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/petsc-users/attachments/20120213/18b90c8d/attachment.htm>
