[Scilab-users] Pairwise distance of a huge amount of points

[Dang, Christophe]

Hello,

> De : Ezequiel Soule
> Envoyé : lundi 1 septembre 2014 15:36
>
> I implemented a cell algorithm, which is used in molecular dynamics [...]
> you divide the space in "cells", with a size that has to be larger than the maximum
> posible distance, then you identify in which cell each point is located,
> and then you compute the distance between each point and the points located
> in the same and the neigbhouring cells.
> The speed of the algorithm scales with n, [...]
> there is a big advantaje in using sparse matrices.

That sounds a nice solution for some cases; I'll keep it in mind.
Thanks for the information.

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Christophe Dang Ngoc Chan
Mechanical calculation engineer
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