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F11DCF

Note:  before using this routine, please read the Users' Note for your implementation to check the interpretation of bold italicised terms and other implementation-dependent details.

+ Contents

    1  Purpose
    7  Accuracy

1  Purpose

F11DCF solves a real sparse nonsymmetric system of linear equations, represented in coordinate storage format, using a restarted generalized minimal residual (RGMRES), conjugate gradient squared (CGS), stabilized bi-conjugate gradient (Bi-CGSTAB), or transpose-free quasi-minimal residual (TFQMR) method, with incomplete LU preconditioning.

2  Specification

SUBROUTINE F11DCF ( METHOD, N, NNZ, A, LA, IROW, ICOL, IPIVP, IPIVQ, ISTR, IDIAG, B, M, TOL, MAXITN, X, RNORM, ITN, WORK, LWORK, IFAIL)
INTEGER  N, NNZ, LA, IROW(LA), ICOL(LA), IPIVP(N), IPIVQ(N), ISTR(N+1), IDIAG(N), M, MAXITN, ITN, LWORK, IFAIL
REAL (KIND=nag_wp)  A(LA), B(N), TOL, X(N), RNORM, WORK(LWORK)
CHARACTER(*)  METHOD

3  Description

F11DCF solves a real sparse nonsymmetric linear system of equations:
Ax=b,
using a preconditioned RGMRES (see Saad and Schultz (1986)), CGS (see Sonneveld (1989)), Bi-CGSTAB() (see Van der Vorst (1989) and Sleijpen and Fokkema (1993)), or TFQMR (see Freund and Nachtigal (1991) and Freund (1993)) method.
F11DCF uses the incomplete LU factorization determined by F11DAF as the preconditioning matrix. A call to F11DCF must always be preceded by a call to F11DAF. Alternative preconditioners for the same storage scheme are available by calling F11DEF.
The matrix A, and the preconditioning matrix M, are represented in coordinate storage (CS) format (see Section 2.1.1 in the F11 Chapter Introduction) in the arrays A, IROW and ICOL, as returned from F11DAF. The array A holds the nonzero entries in these matrices, while IROW and ICOL hold the corresponding row and column indices.
F11DCF is a Black Box routine which calls F11BDF, F11BEF and F11BFF. If you wish to use an alternative storage scheme, preconditioner, or termination criterion, or require additional diagnostic information, you should call these underlying routines directly.

4  References

Freund R W (1993) A transpose-free quasi-minimal residual algorithm for non-Hermitian linear systems SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 14 470–482
Freund R W and Nachtigal N (1991) QMR: a Quasi-Minimal Residual Method for Non-Hermitian Linear Systems Numer. Math. 60 315–339
Saad Y and Schultz M (1986) GMRES: a generalized minimal residual algorithm for solving nonsymmetric linear systems SIAM J. Sci. Statist. Comput. 7 856–869
Salvini S A and Shaw G J (1996) An evaluation of new NAG Library solvers for large sparse unsymmetric linear systems NAG Technical Report TR2/96
Sleijpen G L G and Fokkema D R (1993) BiCGSTAB for linear equations involving matrices with complex spectrum ETNA 1 11–32
Sonneveld P (1989) CGS, a fast Lanczos-type solver for nonsymmetric linear systems SIAM J. Sci. Statist. Comput. 10 36–52
Van der Vorst H (1989) Bi-CGSTAB, a fast and smoothly converging variant of Bi-CG for the solution of nonsymmetric linear systems SIAM J. Sci. Statist. Comput. 13 631–644

5  Parameters

1:     METHOD – CHARACTER(*)Input
On entry: specifies the iterative method to be used.
METHOD='RGMRES'
Restarted generalized minimum residual method.
METHOD='CGS'
Conjugate gradient squared method.
METHOD='BICGSTAB'
Bi-conjugate gradient stabilized () method.
METHOD='TFQMR'
Transpose-free quasi-minimal residual method.
Constraint: METHOD='RGMRES', 'CGS', 'BICGSTAB' or 'TFQMR'.
2:     N – INTEGERInput
On entry: n, the order of the matrix A. This must be the same value as was supplied in the preceding call to F11DAF.
Constraint: N1.
3:     NNZ – INTEGERInput
On entry: the number of nonzero elements in the matrix A. This must be the same value as was supplied in the preceding call to F11DAF.
Constraint: 1NNZN2.
4:     A(LA) – REAL (KIND=nag_wp) arrayInput
On entry: the values returned in the array A by a previous call to F11DAF.
5:     LA – INTEGERInput
On entry: the dimension of the arrays A, IROW and ICOL as declared in the (sub)program from which F11DCF is called. This must be the same value as was supplied in the preceding call to F11DAF.
Constraint: LA2×NNZ.
6:     IROW(LA) – INTEGER arrayInput
7:     ICOL(LA) – INTEGER arrayInput
8:     IPIVP(N) – INTEGER arrayInput
9:     IPIVQ(N) – INTEGER arrayInput
10:   ISTR(N+1) – INTEGER arrayInput
11:   IDIAG(N) – INTEGER arrayInput
On entry: the values returned in arrays IROW, ICOL, IPIVP, IPIVQ, ISTR and IDIAG by a previous call to F11DAF.
IPIVP and IPIVQ are restored on exit.
12:   B(N) – REAL (KIND=nag_wp) arrayInput
On entry: the right-hand side vector b.
13:   M – INTEGERInput
On entry: if METHOD='RGMRES', M is the dimension of the restart subspace.
If METHOD='BICGSTAB', M is the order  of the polynomial Bi-CGSTAB method; otherwise, M is not referenced.
Constraints:
  • if METHOD='RGMRES', 0<MminN,50;
  • if METHOD='BICGSTAB', 0<MminN,10.
14:   TOL – REAL (KIND=nag_wp)Input
On entry: the required tolerance. Let xk denote the approximate solution at iteration k, and rk the corresponding residual. The algorithm is considered to have converged at iteration k if
rkτ×b+Axk.
If TOL0.0, τ=maxε,nε is used, where ε is the machine precision. Otherwise τ=maxTOL,10ε,nε is used.
Constraint: TOL<1.0.
15:   MAXITN – INTEGERInput
On entry: the maximum number of iterations allowed.
Constraint: MAXITN1.
16:   X(N) – REAL (KIND=nag_wp) arrayInput/Output
On entry: an initial approximation to the solution vector x.
On exit: an improved approximation to the solution vector x.
17:   RNORM – REAL (KIND=nag_wp)Output
On exit: the final value of the residual norm rk, where k is the output value of ITN.
18:   ITN – INTEGEROutput
On exit: the number of iterations carried out.
19:   WORK(LWORK) – REAL (KIND=nag_wp) arrayWorkspace
20:   LWORK – INTEGERInput
On entry: the dimension of the array WORK as declared in the (sub)program from which F11DCF is called.
Constraints:
  • if METHOD='RGMRES', LWORK4×N+M×M+N+5+101;
  • if METHOD='CGS', LWORK8×N+100;
  • if METHOD='BICGSTAB', LWORK2×N×M+3+M×M+2+100;
  • if METHOD='TFQMR', LWORK11×N+100.
21:   IFAIL – INTEGERInput/Output
On entry: IFAIL must be set to 0, -1​ or ​1. If you are unfamiliar with this parameter you should refer to Section 3.3 in the Essential Introduction for details.
For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value -1​ or ​1 is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value 1 is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this parameter, the recommended value is 0. When the value -1​ or ​1 is used it is essential to test the value of IFAIL on exit.
On exit: IFAIL=0 unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6  Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry IFAIL=0 or -1, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by X04AAF).
Errors or warnings detected by the routine:
IFAIL=1
On entry,METHOD'RGMRES','CGS','BICGSTAB', or 'TFQMR',
orN<1,
orNNZ<1,
orNNZ>N2,
orLA<2×NNZ,
orM<1 and METHOD='RGMRES' or METHOD='BICGSTAB',
orM>minN,50, with METHOD='RGMRES',
orM>minN,10, with METHOD='BICGSTAB',
orTOL1.0,
orMAXITN<1,
orLWORK too small.
IFAIL=2
On entry, the CS representation of A is invalid. Further details are given in the error message. Check that the call to F11DCF has been preceded by a valid call to F11DAF, and that the arrays A, IROW, and ICOL have not been corrupted between the two calls.
IFAIL=3
On entry, the CS representation of the preconditioning matrix M is invalid. Further details are given in the error message. Check that the call to F11DCF has been preceded by a valid call to F11DAF and that the arrays A, IROW, ICOL, IPIVP, IPIVQ, ISTR and IDIAG have not been corrupted between the two calls.
IFAIL=4
The required accuracy could not be obtained. However, a reasonable accuracy may have been obtained, and further iterations could not improve the result. You should check the output value of RNORM for acceptability. This error code usually implies that your problem has been fully and satisfactorily solved to within or close to the accuracy available on your system. Further iterations are unlikely to improve on this situation.
IFAIL=5
Required accuracy not obtained in MAXITN iterations.
IFAIL=6
Algorithmic breakdown. A solution is returned, although it is possible that it is completely inaccurate.
IFAIL=7 (F11BDF, F11BEF or F11BFF)
A serious error has occurred in an internal call to one of the specified routines. Check all subroutine calls and array sizes. Seek expert help.

7  Accuracy

On successful termination, the final residual rk=b-Axk, where k=ITN, satisfies the termination criterion
rkτ×b+Axk.
The value of the final residual norm is returned in RNORM.

8  Further Comments

The time taken by F11DCF for each iteration is roughly proportional to the value of NNZC returned from the preceding call to F11DAF.
The number of iterations required to achieve a prescribed accuracy cannot be easily determined a priori, as it can depend dramatically on the conditioning and spectrum of the preconditioned coefficient matrix A-=M-1A.
Some illustrations of the application of F11DCF to linear systems arising from the discretization of two-dimensional elliptic partial differential equations, and to random-valued randomly structured linear systems, can be found in Salvini and Shaw (1996).

9  Example

This example solves a sparse linear system of equations using the CGS method, with incomplete LU preconditioning.

9.1  Program Text

Program Text (f11dcfe.f90)

9.2  Program Data

Program Data (f11dcfe.d)

9.3  Program Results

Program Results (f11dcfe.r)


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