mpmetis - manual page for mpmetis 5.1.0

              Required parameters

       meshfile
              Stores the mesh to be partitioned.

       nparts The number of partitions to split the mesh.

              Optional parameters

       -gtype=string

              Specifies the graph to be used for computing the partitioning The possible values are:

       dual   - Partition the dual graph of the mesh [default]

       nodal  - Partition the nodal graph of the mesh

       -ptype=string

              Specifies the scheme to be used for computing the k-way partitioning.  The possible values are:

       rb     - Recursive bisectioning

       kway   - Direct k-way partitioning [default]

       -ctype=string

              Specifies  the  scheme  to  be used to match the vertices of the graph during the coarsening.  The
              possible values are:

       rm     - Random matching

       shem   - Sorted heavy-edge matching [default]

       -iptype=string [applies only when -ptype=rb]

              Specifies the scheme to be used to compute the initial partitioning of the  graph.   The  possible
              values are:

       grow   - Grow a bisection using a greedy strategy [default]

       random - Compute a bisection at random

       -objtype=string [applies only when -ptype=kway]

              Specifies the objective that the partitioning routines will optimize.  The possible values are:

       cut    - Minimize the edgecut [default]

       vol    - Minimize the total communication volume

       -contig [applies only when -ptype=kway]

              Specifies  that  the  partitioning  routines should try to produce partitions that are contiguous.
              Note that if the input graph is not connected this option is ignored.

       -minconn [applies only when -ptype=kway]

              Specifies that the partitioning routines  should  try  to  minimize  the  maximum  degree  of  the
              subdomain  graph,  i.e., the graph in which each partition is a node, and edges connect subdomains
              with a shared interface.

       -tpwgts=filename

              Specifies the name of the file that stores the target weights for each partition. By default,  all
              partitions are assumed to be of the same size.

       -ufactor=int

              Specifies  the  maximum  allowed load imbalance among the partitions.  A value of x indicates that
              the allowed load imbalance is 1+x/1000.  For ptype=rb, the load imbalance is measured as the ratio
              of the 2*max(left,right)/(left+right), where left and  right  are  the  sizes  of  the  respective
              partitions  at  each  bisection.   For  ptype=kway, the load imbalance is measured as the ratio of
              max_i(pwgts[i])/avgpwgt, where pwgts[i] is the weight of the ith partition and avgpwgt is the  sum
              of  the  total  vertex  weights  divided by the number of partitions requested.  For ptype=rb, the
              default value is 1 (i.e., load imbalance of 1.001).  For  ptype=kway,  the  default  value  is  30
              (i.e., load imbalance of 1.03).

       -ncommon=int

              Specifies  the  common number of nodes that two elements must have in order to put an edge between
              them in the dual graph. Default is 1.

       -niter=int

              Specifies the number of iterations for the refinement algorithms at each stage of the uncoarsening
              process. Default is 10.

       -ncuts=int

              Specifies the number of different partitionings that it will compute.  The final  partitioning  is
              the one that achieves the best edgecut or communication volume. Default is 1.

       -nooutput

              Specifies that no partitioning file should be generated.

       -seed=int

              Selects the seed of the random number generator.

       -dbglvl=int

              Selects the dbglvl.

       -help

              Prints this message.

       mpmetis - manual page for mpmetis 5.1.0

       The  full  documentation for mpmetis is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and mpmetis programs
       are properly installed at your site, the command

              infompmetis

       should give you access to the complete manual.

mpmetis 5.1.0                                       May 2013                                          MPMETIS(1)

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