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NAG Toolbox: nag_lapack_dgbrfs (f07bh)
Purpose
nag_lapack_dgbrfs (f07bh) returns error bounds for the solution of a real band system of linear equations with multiple right-hand sides, or . It improves the solution by iterative refinement, in order to reduce the backward error as much as possible.
Syntax
[
x,
ferr,
berr,
info] = f07bh(
trans,
kl,
ku,
ab,
afb,
ipiv,
b,
x, 'n',
n, 'nrhs_p',
nrhs_p)
[
x,
ferr,
berr,
info] = nag_lapack_dgbrfs(
trans,
kl,
ku,
ab,
afb,
ipiv,
b,
x, 'n',
n, 'nrhs_p',
nrhs_p)
Description
nag_lapack_dgbrfs (f07bh) returns the backward errors and estimated bounds on the forward errors for the solution of a real band system of linear equations with multiple right-hand sides or . The function handles each right-hand side vector (stored as a column of the matrix ) independently, so we describe the function of nag_lapack_dgbrfs (f07bh) in terms of a single right-hand side and solution .
Given a computed solution
, the function computes the
component-wise backward error
. This is the size of the smallest relative perturbation in each element of
and
such that
is the exact solution of a perturbed system
Then the function estimates a bound for the
component-wise forward error in the computed solution, defined by:
where
is the true solution.
For details of the method, see the
F07 Chapter Introduction.
References
Golub G H and Van Loan C F (1996) Matrix Computations (3rd Edition) Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
Parameters
Compulsory Input Parameters
- 1:
– string (length ≥ 1)
-
Indicates the form of the linear equations for which
is the computed solution.
- The linear equations are of the form .
- or
- The linear equations are of the form .
Constraint:
, or .
- 2:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
-
, the number of subdiagonals within the band of the matrix .
Constraint:
.
- 3:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
-
, the number of superdiagonals within the band of the matrix .
Constraint:
.
- 4:
– double array
-
The first dimension of the array
ab must be at least
.
The second dimension of the array
ab must be at least
.
The original
by
band matrix
as supplied to
nag_lapack_dgbtrf (f07bd).
The matrix is stored in rows
to
, more precisely, the element
must be stored in
See
Further Comments in
nag_lapack_dgbsv (f07ba) for further details.
- 5:
– double array
-
The first dimension of the array
afb must be at least
.
The second dimension of the array
afb must be at least
.
The
factorization of
, as returned by
nag_lapack_dgbtrf (f07bd).
- 6:
– int64int32nag_int array
-
The dimension of the array
ipiv
must be at least
The pivot indices, as returned by
nag_lapack_dgbtrf (f07bd).
- 7:
– double array
-
The first dimension of the array
b must be at least
.
The second dimension of the array
b must be at least
.
The by right-hand side matrix .
- 8:
– double array
-
The first dimension of the array
x must be at least
.
The second dimension of the array
x must be at least
.
The
by
solution matrix
, as returned by
nag_lapack_dgbtrs (f07be).
Optional Input Parameters
- 1:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
-
Default:
the second dimension of the array
ab.
, the order of the matrix .
Constraint:
.
- 2:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
-
Default:
the second dimension of the arrays
b,
x.
, the number of right-hand sides.
Constraint:
.
Output Parameters
- 1:
– double array
-
The first dimension of the array
x will be
.
The second dimension of the array
x will be
.
The improved solution matrix .
- 2:
– double array
-
contains an estimated error bound for the th solution vector, that is, the th column of , for .
- 3:
– double array
-
contains the component-wise backward error bound for the th solution vector, that is, the th column of , for .
- 4:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
unless the function detects an error (see
Error Indicators and Warnings).
Error Indicators and Warnings
-
If , argument had an illegal value. An explanatory message is output, and execution of the program is terminated.
Accuracy
The bounds returned in
ferr are not rigorous, because they are estimated, not computed exactly; but in practice they almost always overestimate the actual error.
Further Comments
For each right-hand side, computation of the backward error involves a minimum of floating-point operations. Each step of iterative refinement involves an additional operations. This assumes and . At most five steps of iterative refinement are performed, but usually only one or two steps are required.
Estimating the forward error involves solving a number of systems of linear equations of the form or ; the number is usually or and never more than . Each solution involves approximately operations.
The complex analogue of this function is
nag_lapack_zgbrfs (f07bv).
Example
This example solves the system of equations
using iterative refinement and to compute the forward and backward error bounds, where
Here
is nonsymmetric and is treated as a band matrix, which must first be factorized by
nag_lapack_dgbtrf (f07bd).
Open in the MATLAB editor:
f07bh_example
function f07bh_example
fprintf('f07bh example results\n\n');
kl = int64(1);
ku = int64(2);
m = int64(4);
ab = [ 0, 0, -3.66, -2.13;
0, 2.54, -2.73, 4.07;
-0.23, 2.46, 2.46, -3.82;
-6.98, 2.56, -4.78, 0];
abf = [zeros(kl,m); ab];
[abf, ipiv, info] = f07bd( ...
m, kl, ku, abf);
b = [ 4.42, -36.01;
27.13, -31.67;
-6.14, -1.16;
10.5, -25.82];
trans = 'N';
[x, info] = f07be( ...
trans, kl, ku, abf, ipiv, b);
[x, ferr, berr, info] = f07bh( ...
trans, kl, ku, ab, abf, ipiv, b, x);
[ifail] = x04ca( ...
'General', ' ', x, 'Solution(s)');
fprintf('\nBackward errors (machine-dependent)\n ')
fprintf('%11.1e', berr);
fprintf('\nEstimated forward error bounds (machine-dependent)\n ')
fprintf('%11.1e', ferr);
fprintf('\n');
f07bh example results
Solution(s)
1 2
1 -2.0000 1.0000
2 3.0000 -4.0000
3 1.0000 7.0000
4 -4.0000 -2.0000
Backward errors (machine-dependent)
1.1e-16 9.9e-17
Estimated forward error bounds (machine-dependent)
1.6e-14 1.9e-14
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