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OCTASOLV user's guide. Technical Report SOL 83-9

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5905424
The OCTASOLV program is designed to solve the problem: For a nonlinear function f : R/sup n/ ..-->.. R/sup n/ find x an element of R/sup n/ such that f(x) = 0. The program is written in highly portable FORTRAN and has been checked for adherence to ANSI-66 standards by the PFORT verification program. The algorithm employed by OCTASOLV is a piecewise linear (PL) homotopy method. The particular method used in OCTASOLV is the octahedral algorithm of Wright (1981). Preliminary computational experience indicates that this method may be the best available PL homotopy method for solving a small dense system of equations.
Research Organization:
Stanford Univ., CA (USA). Systems Optimization Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
AT03-76ER72018
OSTI ID:
5905424
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/72018-T11; ON: DE83015833
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English