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RE: Re: A faster alternative to ListIntegrate?

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  • Subject: [mg35740] RE: [mg35721] Re: A faster alternative to ListIntegrate?
  • From: "DrBob" <majort at cox-internet.com>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 03:32:18 -0400 (EDT)
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The trapezoidal rule is equivalent to an appropriate Dot product.  Here
are four methods compared: ListIntegrate, Integrate[Interpolation] with
interpolation order descending from 3 to 1, and a Dot product.  The
weight vector for the Dot product can be pre-computed, so this will save
a LOT of time.  For the random data below there's no significant
difference in accuracy, but high-order interpolation may be important
for other data.  I'd compare answers for the Dot product and third-order
interpolation, and then decide if the difference is worth the extra
time. (I doubt it.)

<< NumericalMath`ListIntegrate`
n = 100000;
h = 1/n;
data = Transpose[{Range[0, n]/n, Random[] & /@ Range[0, n]}];
ListIntegrate[data] // Timing
Integrate[Interpolation[data, InterpolationOrder -> 3][
          x], {x, 0, 1}] // Timing
Integrate[Interpolation[data, InterpolationOrder -> 2][x], {x, 0, 1}] //
\
Timing
Integrate[Interpolation[data, InterpolationOrder -> 1][x], {x, 0, 1}] //
\
Timing
wts = {h/2}~Join~(h & /@ Range[n - 1])~Join~{h/2};
wts.data[[All, 2]] // Timing

{2.6559999999999997*Second,   0.49906638684786364}
{2.6719999999999997*Second,   0.49906638684786364}
{2.187000000000001*Second,    0.49887608638890346}
{1.8130000000000006*Second,   0.4990676925038021}
{0.10999999999999943*Second,  0.4990724913628793}

Bobby Treat

-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Hayes [mailto:hay at haystack.demon.co.uk] 
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg35740] [mg35721] Re: A faster alternative to ListIntegrate?

Mathew,

Some possibilities

     <<NumericalMath`ListIntegrate`

    ListIntegrate[data]//Timing

        {6.59 Second,13.7681}

The following is suggested in the Help Browser entry for the package
    Integrate[
        Interpolation[data, InterpolationOrder\[Rule]1][x],
    {x,0,100}]//Timing

        {4.56 Second,13.768}

Trapezium rule with equal steps:

    #[[1]]+#[[-1]]+ 2 Tr[Take[#,{2,-2}]]&[data[[All,2]]] 0.01/2//Timing

        {0.22 Second,13.768}

Trapezium rule with possibly unequal steps

    (Drop[#1,1] - Drop[#1,-1]).(Drop[#2,-1] + Drop[#2,1])&[
      data[[All,1]], data[[All,2]]]/2//Timing

{0.83 Second,13.768}

--
Allan

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"Matthew Rosen" <mrosen at cfa.harvard.edu> wrote in message
news:ahr122$l2v$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Hi Everyone;
>  I've tracked down the slow operation of my Mathematica simulation
code to
> lie in the ListIntegrate command:
>
> G[n_] := ListIntegrate[xsec Phi[n], 1]
>
> where both xsec and Phi[n] are 400 values long.
>
> Is there a way to speed up ListIntegrate via Compile or a similar
technique?
>
> Thanks in advance and best regards,
>
> Matt
> ---
> Matthew Rosen
> Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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> Cambridge, MA 02138
>
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