/*	--- MAIN LOOP --- repeat test cases NTIMES times --- */
    scalar = 3.0;
#pragma omp parallel for
    for (k=0; k<NTIMES; k++)
	{


	times[k] = omp_get_wtime();
#pragma omp parallel
	for (j=0; j<N; j++)
	    a[j] = b[j]+scalar*c[j];

	times[k] = omp_get_wtime() - times[k];

	}