sasumpw

Calculate the sum of absolute values (L1 norm) of single-precision floating-point strided array elements using pairwise summation.

The L1 norm is defined as

Installation

npm install @stdlib/blas-ext-base-sasumpw

Usage

var sasumpw = require( '@stdlib/blas-ext-base-sasumpw' );

sasumpw( N, x, strideX )

Computes the sum of absolute values (L1 norm) of single-precision floating-point strided array elements using pairwise summation.

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, -2.0, 2.0 ] );

var v = sasumpw( x.length, x, 1 );
// returns 5.0

The function has the following parameters:

• N: number of indexed elements.
• x: input Float32Array.
• strideX: stride length.

The N and stride parameters determine which elements in the strided array are accessed at runtime. For example, to compute the sum of absolute values of every other element:

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, -7.0, -2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 2.0 ] );

var v = sasumpw( 4, x, 2 );
// returns 9.0

Note that indexing is relative to the first index. To introduce an offset, use typed array views.

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x0 = new Float32Array( [ 2.0, 1.0, 2.0, -2.0, -2.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ] );
var x1 = new Float32Array( x0.buffer, x0.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT*1 ); // start at 2nd element

var v = sasumpw( 4, x1, 2 );
// returns 9.0

sasumpw.ndarray( N, x, strideX, offsetX )

Computes the sum of absolute values (L1 norm) of single-precision floating-point strided array elements using pairwise summation and alternative indexing semantics.

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, -2.0, 2.0 ] );

var v = sasumpw.ndarray( x.length, x, 1, 0 );
// returns 5.0

The function has the following additional parameters:

• offsetX: starting index.

While typed array views mandate a view offset based on the underlying buffer, the offset parameter supports indexing semantics based on a starting index. For example, to calculate the sum of absolute values of every other element starting from the second element:

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ 2.0, 1.0, 2.0, -2.0, -2.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ] );

var v = sasumpw.ndarray( 4, x, 2, 1 );
// returns 9.0

Notes

• If N <= 0, both functions return 0.0.
• In general, pairwise summation is more numerically stable than ordinary recursive summation (i.e., "simple" summation), with slightly worse performance. While not the most numerically stable summation technique (e.g., compensated summation techniques such as the Kahan–Babuška-Neumaier algorithm are generally more numerically stable), pairwise summation strikes a reasonable balance between numerical stability and performance. If either numerical stability or performance is more desirable for your use case, consider alternative summation techniques.

Examples

var discreteUniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-discrete-uniform' );
var sasumpw = require( '@stdlib/blas-ext-base-sasumpw' );

var x = discreteUniform( 10, -100, 100, {
    'dtype': 'float32'
});
console.log( x );

var v = sasumpw( x.length, x, 1 );
console.log( v );

C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/blas/ext/base/sasumpw.h"

stdlib_strided_sasumpw( N, *X, strideX )

Computes the sum of absolute values (L1 norm) of single-precision floating-point strided array elements using pairwise summation.

const float x[] = { 1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f };

float v = stdlib_strided_sasumpw( 4, x, 1 );
// returns 10.0f

The function accepts the following arguments:

• N: [in] CBLAS_INT number of indexed elements.
• X: [in] float* input array.
• strideX: [in] CBLAS_INT stride length.

float stdlib_strided_sasumpw( const CBLAS_INT N, const float *X, const CBLAS_INT strideX );

stdlib_strided_sasumpw_ndarray( N, *X, strideX, offsetX )

Computes the sum of absolute values (L1 norm) of single-precision floating-point strided array elements using pairwise summation and alternative indexing semantics.

const float x[] = { 1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f };

float v = stdlib_strided_sasumpw_ndarray( 4, x, 1, 0 );
// returns 10.0f

The function accepts the following arguments:

• N: [in] CBLAS_INT number of indexed elements.
• X: [in] float* input array.
• strideX: [in] CBLAS_INT stride length.
• offsetX: [in] CBLAS_INT starting index.

float stdlib_strided_sasumpw_ndarray( const CBLAS_INT N, const float *X, const CBLAS_INT strideX, const CBLAS_INT offsetX );

Examples

#include "stdlib/blas/ext/base/sasumpw.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main( void ) {
    // Create a strided array:
    const float x[] = { 1.0f, -2.0f, 3.0f, -4.0f, 5.0f, -6.0f, 7.0f, -8.0f };

    // Specify the number of indexed elements:
    const int N = 8;

    // Specify a stride:
    const int strideX = 1;

    // Compute the sum:
    float v = stdlib_strided_sasumpw( N, x, strideX );

    // Print the result:
    printf( "sumabs: %f\n", v );
}

References

• Higham, Nicholas J. 1993. "The Accuracy of Floating Point Summation." SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 14 (4): 783–99. doi:10.1137/0914050.

See Also

• @stdlib/blas-base/sasum: compute the sum of absolute values (L1 norm).
• @stdlib/blas-ext/base/dasumpw: calculate the sum of absolute values (L1 norm) of double-precision floating-point strided array elements using pairwise summation.
• @stdlib/blas-ext/base/gasumpw: calculate the sum of absolute values (L1 norm) of strided array elements using pairwise summation.
• @stdlib/blas-ext/base/ssumpw: calculate the sum of single-precision floating-point strided array elements using pairwise summation.

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