Algebraic multigrid for Markov Chains

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 544-562

  De Sterck, H ^a   Manteuffel, T A ^b   McCgrmick, S F ^b   Miller, K ^a   Ruge, J ^b   Sanders, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebraic multigrid; Markov chain; Multilevel method; Stationary probability vector

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CHAINS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

ADAPTIVE SETTING; ALGEBRAIC MULTIGRID METHODS; ALGEBRAIC MULTIGRIDS; INTERPOLATION FORMULAS; INTERPOLATION OPERATOR; MULTILEVEL METHOD; NON NEGATIVES; NONSINGULAR LINEAR SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY VECTOR; STATIONARY PROBABILITY VECTOR;

INTERPOLATION;

EID: 77950791984     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090753589     Document Type: Article

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