Algebraic multilevel preconditioners for the graph laplacian based on matching in graphs

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1805-1827

  Brannick, J ^a   Chen, Y ^b   Kraus, J ^c   Zikatanov, L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

^c JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Graph Laplacian; Matching in graphs; Multilevel preconditioning

Indexed keywords

GRAPH LAPLACIAN; MATCHING IN GRAPHS; MULTILEVEL PRECONDITIONER; MULTILEVEL PRECONDITIONERS; MULTILEVEL PRECONDITIONING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PIECE-WISE CONSTANTS; PROJECTION OPERATOR;

AGGLOMERATION; ESTIMATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; VECTOR SPACES;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84885013804     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/120876083     Document Type: Article

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