Domain decomposition¶
A domain decomposition describes the distribution of the model over the available computational resources. The description partitions the cells in the model as follows:
group the cells into cell groups of the same kind of cell;
assign each cell group to either a CPU core or GPU on a specific MPI rank.
The number of cells in each cell group depends on different factors, including the type of the cell, and whether the cell group will run on a CPU core or the GPU. The domain decomposition is solely responsible for describing the distribution of cells across cell groups and domains.
Load balancers¶
A load balancer generates the domain decomposition using the model recipe and a description of the available computational resources on which the model will run described by an execution context. Currently Arbor provides one load balancer and more will be added over time.