The design of MA48: a code for the direct solution of sparse unsymmetric linear systems of equations

  • Authors:
  • I. S. Duff;J. K. Reid

  • Affiliations:
  • Rutherford Appletion Lab., Oxon, England, UK;Rutherford Appletion Lab., Oxon, England, UK

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS)
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

We describe the design of a new code for the direct solution of sparse unsymmetric linear systems of equations. The new code utilizes a novel restructuring of the symbolic and numerical phases, which increases speed and saves storage without sacrifice of numerical stability. Other features include switching to full-matrix processing in all phases of the computation enabling the use of all three levels of BLAS, treatment of rectangular or rank-deficient matrices, partial factorization, and integrated facilities for iterative refinement and error estimation.