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+\section*{MPI Manual Reduce Performance Scaling Study}
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+\textbf{Cluster Topology} & \textbf{Parallel Time} & \textbf{Processors} & \textbf{Serial Time} & \textbf{Array Size (N)} \\ \hline
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+\textbf{Cluster Topology} & \textbf{Parallel Time} & \textbf{Processors} & \textbf{Serial Time} & \textbf{Array Size (N)} \\ \hline
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Q2/Makefile

+CXX      := mpic++
+CXXFLAGS := -O3 -Wall -Wextra -std=c++17
+TARGET   := reduce
+
+# Object files list
+OBJS     := main.o algorithms.o constants.o
+
+# Default Processes
+NP       ?= 4
+
+
+
+
+all: $(TARGET)
+
+# Linking Phase
+$(TARGET): $(OBJS)
+	@echo "Linking $(TARGET)..."
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(OBJS) -o $(TARGET)
+	@echo "Build Complete."
+
+
+# Compilation Phase
+%.o: %.cpp
+	@echo "Compiling $<..."
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+# Run Target
+run: $(TARGET)
+	@echo "Running with $(NP) processes..."
+	mpirun -n $(NP) ./$(TARGET)
+
+# Clean Artifacts
+clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning..."
+	rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGET)
+
+.PHONY: all clean run