Krylov subspace iterations for deterministic k-eigenvalue calculations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-42

  Warsa, James S ^a   Wareing, Todd A ^a   Morel, Jim E ^a   McGhee, John M ^a   Lehoucq, Richard B ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DOMINANCE RATIO; IMPLICITLY RESTARTED ARNOLDI METHOD (IRAM); SUBSPACES;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442585406     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE04-1     Document Type: Article

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