General Comments about Project 2


    Here is how I tested and evaluated the programs:

	Part 1:      /5 points Description
	    Read the description.


	Part 2:      /10 points Input file handling
	    Passes test0.dat .. test7.dat with the correct results
	    (see below) on a single node; e.g.

	    mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test0.dat


	Part 3:      /5 points Distributing input file info
	    Code inspection.


	Part 4:      /5 points Correct Game of Life
	    Passes test0.dat .. test7.dat with the correct results
	    (see below) on a single node; e.g.

	    mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test1.dat


	Part 5:      /5 points Load balancing
	    Code inspection.


	Part 6:      /5 points Correct and complete output
	    Passes test0.dat .. test7.dat with the correct results
	    (see below) on a single node; e.g.

	    mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test1.dat


	Part 7:      /10 points Wraparound of grid
	    Passes bi-gun.dat and blinker_ship.dat on a single node
	    and four nodes.


	Part 8:      /10 points Scalable solution
	    Code inspection.


    Expected results:
	--> mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test0.dat
	Simulated 1 cycles on a 4 x 4 grid
	0 cells alive at end
	Total cell deaths: 16
	Total cell births: 0

	--> mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test1.dat
	Simulated 100 cycles on a 16 x 12 grid
	3 cells alive at end
	Total cell deaths: 202
	Total cell births: 200

	--> mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test2.dat
	Simulated 1 cycles on a 4 x 4 grid
	0 cells alive at end
	Total cell deaths: 0
	Total cell births: 0

	--> mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test3.dat
	Simulated 10 cycles on a 4 x 4 grid
	3 cells alive at end
	Total cell deaths: 20
	Total cell births: 20

	--> mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test4.dat
	Simulated 4 cycles on a 4 x 4 grid
	4 cells alive at end
	Total cell deaths: 0
	Total cell births: 0

	--> mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test5.dat
	Simulated 4 cycles on a 9 x 6 grid
	7 cells alive at end
	Total cell deaths: 0
	Total cell births: 0

	--> mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test6.dat
	Simulated 200 cycles on a 45 x 6 grid
	5 cells alive at end
	Total cell deaths: 400
	Total cell births: 400

	--> mpirun -n 1 ex_01 test7.dat
	Simulated 204 cycles on a 100 x 60 grid
	30 cells alive at end
	Total cell deaths: 4664
	Total cell births: 4685

	--> mpirun -n 1 ex_01 blinker_ship.dat
	Simulated 1000 cycles on a 200 x 200 grid
	106 cells alive at end
	Total cell deaths: 48324
	Total cell births: 48358

	--> mpirun -n 1 ex_01 bi-gun.dat
	Simulated 2000 cycles on a 200 x 52 grid
	150 cells alive at end
	Total cell deaths: 123900
	Total cell births: 124020