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Current methods for large stiff ODE systems

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OSTI ID:5640522
Initial value problems for ODE systems are especially challenging when they are both large and stiff. Current methods range from explicit to fully implicit. Quasi-steady state, split-operator, and hybrid methods are often effective, but require much problem-specific setup and rarely allow for error control. General implicit methods with error control have the widest applicability. They involve an algebraic system problem, usually solved with Newton-like iterations, combined with direct or iterative linear system methods, sometimes using partitioning. Research is in progress on matrix-free iterations. 37 refs.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5640522
Report Number(s):
UCRL-92641; CONF-850861-3; ON: DE85012914
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English