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Does the partitioning depend on the machine?

Sorry if the question has already been asked (but I haven't found it).
I am a very beginner with ParMetis, and I use it through Petsc. I run it
with the (apperently) same installation (ParMetis-dev-p3), but I get different
partitioning depending on the machines I am using.
Is that the expected behaviour?

Thank you,
FL

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Submitted by leon_francky on Mon, 2012-12-10 17:11
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RE: The code uses the random

The code uses the random number generator that comes with the standard C library. Different machines may have different implementations of it, which can explain the difference in the results.

Submitted by karypis on Wed, 2012-12-12 16:31.
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