1. Introduction

2. Why Use Derived Datatypes?

• 2.1 Basic MPI Datatypes
  
• 2.2 Motivation
  

3. What Are Derived Datatypes?

4. When and How Do I Use Derived Datatypes?

• 4.1 When to Use
  
• 4.2How to Use
  • 4.2.1 Construct the datatype
  • 4.2.2Allocate the datatype
  • 4.2.3 Use the datatype
  • 4.2.4 Deallocate the datatype

5. DERIVED DATATYPES

• 5.1 CONTIGUOUS
• 5.2 VECTOR & HVECTOR
• 5.3 INDEXED & HINDEXED
• 5.4 STRUCT

6. Conclusions

7. References