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 # DCP simulation
 This repository contains the simulator for DCP:
 
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 ```
 
 ## Run MP-RDMA
+These commands assume you have checked out the `mprdma` branch:
 ```
 ./waf --run 'scratch/ring-allreduce exp/allreduce/config_allreduce.txt'
 ./waf --run 'scratch/alltoall exp/alltoall/config_alltoall.txt'
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   pages={85--98},
   year={2025}
 }
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