Solution Form and Simple Iteration of a Nonsymmetric Algebraic Riccati Equation Arising in Transport Theory

  • Authors:
  • Lin-Zhang Lu

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

We are interested in computing the minimal positive solution of a nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equation arising in transport theory. We show that this computation can be done via computing only the minimal positive solution of a vector equation, which is derived from the special form of solutions of the Riccati equation. A simple iterative method is presented for solving the vector equation. The simple iteration is much more efficient than the Gauss--Jacobi method presented by Juang in [Linear Algebra Appl., 230 (1995), pp. 89--100] for the Riccati equation. The symmetric case and bounds of the minimal positive solution are also considered. Numerical experiments are given.