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Re: Memory consumption
Posted:
Jul 2, 2012 1:05 PM
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On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:50:30 -0700, SLt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I work on a program using Monte-Carlo simulations so I manipulate huge
> data : vectors of more than 20 millions of elements.
> I want to estimate (and understand) the max memory consuption of my
> algorithm in order to prevent "Out of memory" on computation, in order
> to find the max numbers of elements i can treat.
>
> It's easy to see between each instructions how much memory is needed for
> data on workspace.
> But it's more difficult to estimate how much memory is needed to execute
> built-in functions or some complex instructions like :
> Vector1 = Vector1 + exp(param1 + param2*rand(20e6,1)).*(param3<Vector2)
> where Vector1 and Vector2 are both 20 millions elements vectors.
>
> I've hoped that using the undocumented feature "profile memory on" can
> help me to estimate memory, but it seems that it doesn't take care of
> complex instructions or buit-in instruction (for example sort).
>
> Is there a way to profile more efficiently the memory in Matlab ?
You've tried breaking 'Vector1' into smaller parts, and insert code breaks?
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