MPI Serialization Efficiency

The MPI Serialisation Efficiency (MPI SerE) describes any loss of efficiency due to dependencies between processes causing alternating processes to wait.

It is expressed as:

\[MPI\_SerE = \frac{Max(OutMPI_{1,1}, \cdots, OutMPI_{P,1})}{IdealRuntime}\]

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