Hi,
(Rcpp)Armadillo has a 1D convolution function <
http://arma.sourceforge.net/docs.html#conv >. It might be a very
inefficient way, to use it sequentially for 2D; I haven't tried.
HTH,
baptiste
On 7 January 2012 07:43, Hadley Wickham <had...@rice.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The rcpp-devel list has been very helpful to me so far, so I hope you
> don't mind another question! I'm trying to speed up my 2d convolution
> function:
>
>
>
> library(inline)
> # 2d convolution -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> convolve_2d <- cxxfunction(signature(sampleS = "numeric", kernelS =
> "numeric"), plugin = "Rcpp", '
> Rcpp::NumericMatrix sample(sampleS), kernel(kernelS);
> int x_s = sample.nrow(), x_k = kernel.nrow();
> int y_s = sample.ncol(), y_k = kernel.ncol();
>
> Rcpp::NumericMatrix output(x_s + x_k - 1, y_s + y_k - 1);
> for (int row = 0; row < x_s; row++) {
> for (int col = 0; col < y_s; col++) {
> for (int i = 0; i < x_k; i++) {
> for (int j = 0; j < y_k; j++) {
> output(row + i, col + j) += sample(row, col) * kernel(i, j);
> }
> }
> }
> }
> return output;
> ')
>
>
> x <- diag(1000)
> k <- matrix(runif(20* 20), ncol = 20)
> system.time(convolve_2d(x, k))
> # user system elapsed
> # 14.759 0.028 15.524
>
> I have a vague idea that to get better performance I need to get
> closer to bare pointers, and I need to be careful about the order of
> my loops to ensure that I'm working over contiguous chunks of memory
> as often as possible, but otherwise I've basically exhausted my
> C++/Rcpp knowledge. Where should I start looking to improve the
> performance of this function?
>
> The example data basically matches the real problem - x is not usually
> going to be much bigger than 1000 x 1000 and k typically will be much
> smaller. (And hence, based on what I've read, this technique should
> be faster than doing it via a discrete fft)
>
> Hadley
>
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> Department of Statistics / Rice University
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