A new method of pivoting applicable to banded unsymmetric linear equation systems has been introduced. It limits the ยฎll-in and preserves the basic structure. Two solvers, using the new pivoting strategy, have been developed. Both solvers have been written in the C language for two popular UNIX plat
New pivoted banded linear equations solvers
โ Scribed by Stabrowski, M. M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 114 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1069-8299
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โฆ Synopsis
Two new linear equation solvers (Gauss and Crout) in in-core and out-of-core versions applicable to banded unsymmetric equation systems have been developed. They feature implicit scaling and introduce multiple pivoting and the threshold factor use for pivoting decision. The stability, tested with two examples of ill-conditioned matrices, is better than that of corresponding routines from CLAPACK library. The performance of CLAPACK library routines has been thoroughly tested. Comparison of the tests carried out on two hardware platforms (Sun's Ultra and Pentium) leads to interesting conclusions about hardware usability. Comprehensive test results have been presented in the easily readable graphic form.
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