| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.9% |
| Cost | 448 |
\[a \cdot \left(\left(b + d\right) + c\right)
\]

(FPCore (a b c d) :precision binary64 (* a (+ (+ b c) d)))
(FPCore (a b c d) :precision binary64 (fma (+ b d) a (* a c)))
double code(double a, double b, double c, double d) {
return a * ((b + c) + d);
}
double code(double a, double b, double c, double d) {
return fma((b + d), a, (a * c));
}
function code(a, b, c, d) return Float64(a * Float64(Float64(b + c) + d)) end
function code(a, b, c, d) return fma(Float64(b + d), a, Float64(a * c)) end
code[a_, b_, c_, d_] := N[(a * N[(N[(b + c), $MachinePrecision] + d), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
code[a_, b_, c_, d_] := N[(N[(b + d), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
a \cdot \left(\left(b + c\right) + d\right)
\mathsf{fma}\left(b + d, a, a \cdot c\right)
Herbie found 4 alternatives:
| Alternative | Accuracy | Speedup |
|---|
| Original | 99.9% |
|---|---|
| Target | 99.9% |
| Herbie | 100.0% |
Initial program 100.0%
Simplified99.9%
[Start]100.0 | \[ a \cdot \left(\left(b + c\right) + d\right)
\] |
|---|---|
+-commutative [=>]100.0 | \[ a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(c + b\right)} + d\right)
\] |
associate-+l+ [=>]99.9 | \[ a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c + \left(b + d\right)\right)}
\] |
Applied egg-rr99.9%
[Start]99.9 | \[ a \cdot \left(c + \left(b + d\right)\right)
\] |
|---|---|
+-commutative [=>]99.9 | \[ a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(b + d\right) + c\right)}
\] |
distribute-rgt-in [=>]99.9 | \[ \color{blue}{\left(b + d\right) \cdot a + c \cdot a}
\] |
fma-def [=>]99.9 | \[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b + d, a, c \cdot a\right)}
\] |
*-commutative [=>]99.9 | \[ \mathsf{fma}\left(b + d, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right)
\] |
Final simplification99.9%
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.9% |
| Cost | 448 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.7% |
| Cost | 320 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 93.6% |
| Cost | 192 |
herbie shell --seed 2023161
(FPCore (a b c d)
:name "Expression, p14"
:precision binary64
:pre (and (and (and (and (<= 56789.0 a) (<= a 98765.0)) (and (<= 0.0 b) (<= b 1.0))) (and (<= 0.0 c) (<= c 0.0016773))) (and (<= 0.0 d) (<= d 0.0016773)))
:herbie-target
(+ (* a b) (* a (+ c d)))
(* a (+ (+ b c) d)))