[Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 48, Issue 2

William Kilmartin williamakilmartin at yahoo.com
Sat Feb 2 22:07:47 CET 2008


Thanks!

I'll get to work!



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>    1. matrix-vector multiplication errors (Dinesh B Vadhia)
>    2. Where to start? (William Kilmartin)
>    3. Re: Where to start? (Alan Gauld)
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> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:13:00 -0800
> From: "Dinesh B Vadhia" <dineshbvadhia at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Tutor] matrix-vector multiplication errors
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> I've posted this on the Scipy forum but maybe there are answers on Tutor too.  I'm performing a standard Scipy matrix* vector multiplication, b=Ax , (but not using the sparse module) with different sizes of A as follows:  
>
>
> Assuming 8 bytes per float, then:
> 1. matrix A with M=10,000 and N=15,000 is of approximate size: 1.2Gb
> 2. matrix A with M=10,000 and N=5,000 is of approximate size: 390Mb
> 3. matrix A with M=10,000 and N=1,000 is of approximate size: 78Mb
>
> The Python/Scipy matrix initialization statements are:
>   
>> A = scipy.asmatrix(scipy.empty((I,J), dtype=int))
>> x = scipy.asmatrix(scipy.empty((J,1), dtype=float))
>> b = scipy.asmatrix(scipy.empty((I,1), dtype=float))
>>     
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> I'm using a Windows XP SP2 PC with 2Gb RAM.
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> Both matrices 1. and 2. fail with INDeterminate values in b.  Matrix 3. works perfectly.  As I have 2Gb of RAM why are matrices 1. and 2. failing?
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> The odd thing is that Python doesn't return any error messages with 1. and 2. but we know the results are garbage (literally!)
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> Cheers!
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> Dinesh
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> Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:52:39 -0800
> From: William Kilmartin <williamakilmartin at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tutor] Where to start?
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> Here's what I'm trying to accomplish;
>
> I track statistics at work.  E.g. calls out, $ collected etc..
>
> The graph has a rough guess of highest possible at the top and the 
> lowest number in the past 3 months at the bottom.
>
> It's a simple line graph, week after week.
>
> I need to be able to add names of various statistics.  I.e. calls out, 
> money collected, proposals sent etc..
>
> It then needs to create the graph, store the names, be able to take the 
> week's numbers and store them along with being able to print.  The 
> highest and lowest points also need to also be inputed and changed if 
> needed.
>
> Ideally this would be a GUI driven app for the sake of simplicity.
>
> What I'm looking for is advice on where to start, a middle ground and an 
> end.  I'm new to Python and programming and took this as the 1st thing 
> I'd to create. 
>
> I've been studying for a bit now and knowing where I'm going would be 
> very helpful.
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