| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Cost | 6848 |
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(d, a, a \cdot \left(b + c\right)\right)
\]

(FPCore (a b c d) :precision binary64 (* a (+ (+ b c) d)))
(FPCore (a b c d) :precision binary64 (fma d a (* a (+ b 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(d, a, (a * (b + c)));
}
function code(a, b, c, d) return Float64(a * Float64(Float64(b + c) + d)) end
function code(a, b, c, d) return fma(d, a, Float64(a * Float64(b + c))) end
code[a_, b_, c_, d_] := N[(a * N[(N[(b + c), $MachinePrecision] + d), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
code[a_, b_, c_, d_] := N[(d * a + N[(a * N[(b + c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
a \cdot \left(\left(b + c\right) + d\right)
\mathsf{fma}\left(d, a, a \cdot \left(b + c\right)\right)
Herbie found 4 alternatives:
| Alternative | Accuracy | Speedup |
|---|
| Original | 99.9% |
|---|---|
| Target | 99.9% |
| Herbie | 100.0% |
Initial program 100.0%
Applied egg-rr100.0%
[Start]100.0% | \[ a \cdot \left(\left(b + c\right) + d\right)
\] |
|---|---|
+-commutative [=>]100.0% | \[ a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(d + \left(b + c\right)\right)}
\] |
distribute-rgt-in [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{d \cdot a + \left(b + c\right) \cdot a}
\] |
fma-def [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(d, a, \left(b + c\right) \cdot a\right)}
\] |
*-commutative [=>]100.0% | \[ \mathsf{fma}\left(d, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(b + c\right)}\right)
\] |
Final simplification100.0%
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Cost | 6848 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.9% |
| Cost | 448 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.7% |
| Cost | 320 |
| Alternative 4 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 93.7% |
| Cost | 192 |
herbie shell --seed 2023178
(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)))