... interpolating technique, the methods are formulated into the derivative-free approaches. Further, to enhance the computational efficiency, the developed iterative methods have been extended to the methods with memory, with the aid of the self-accelerating parameter. Findings It is found that the presented...

...H. Saberi Najafi; S.A. Edalatpanah Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the efficient iterative methods for solving linear complementarity problems (LCP), using a class of pre-conditioners. Design/methodology/approach – By using the concept of solving the fixed-point system...

... it possible to formulate new optimization algorithms. In the rest of this paper, we will first outline the basic formulation of the BA and then discuss the implementation and comparison in detail. Iterative methods Programming and algorithm theory Optimization techniques Bat algorithm Engineering...

...Mehdi Dehghan; Masoud Hajarian Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find two iterative methods to solve the general coupled matrix equations over the generalized centro‐symmetric and central antisymmetric matrices. Design/methodology/approach By extending the idea of conjugate gradient (CG...

... in physics and engineering. The purpose of this paper is to propose two new modified Newton's method for solving non‐linear equations. Convergence results show that the order of convergence of the proposed iterative methods for a simple root is four. The iterative methods are free from second derivative...

.... The advantage of combining the proposed accelerated symmetric stiffness techniques with the Krylov subspace iterative methods for large‐scale applications is also emphasized. Plasticity Soil science Iterative methods Non‐associated plasticity Initial stiffness Accelerated symmetric stiffness Inexact...

...Mehdi Dehghan; Masoud Hajarian Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find the efficient iterative methods for solving the general matrix equation A1X+ XA2+A3XH+XHA4=B (including Lyapunov and Sylvester matrix equations as special cases...

... Group Publishing Limited 2010 Finite element analysis Iterative methods Differential equations Meshes Wall distances, φ, and their functions can either be evaluated using expensive search procedures or the solution of integral or differential equations such as the Eikonal equation...

...) represent the simplest abstract form of the coupled equations for a FSI problem. The performance of a given coupling algorithm can be therefore assessed by applying it to the solution of Equations (6) and (7). Fluids Structures Flow Fluid dynamics Programming and algorithm theory Iterative methods...

.... Reza Attarnejad can be contacted at: attarnjd@ut.ac.ir © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Transforms Boundary‐elements methods Iterative methods Boundary element method (BEM) is an efficient boundary type method, where only the boundary of domain is required to be discretized...

... L=length n=iteration number for the control method p=pressure p*=intermediate pressure p′=pressure correction R=residual Simulation Flow Iterative methods A=area of control‐volume face...

...‐L slope. Ibrahim A. Sultan can be contacted at: i.sultan@ballarat.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Numerical analysis Rotary engines Iterative methods To gain an insight into the manner in which Δ_all affects the value of the system response...

... by Hestenes and Stiefel in the early 1950s (Hestenes and Stiefel, 1952). Also, it is the most popular iterative method for solving large, symmetric and positive definite systems of linear equations. In fact, this method can be used for solving these types of equations only. Historically speaking, the CG...

... Parallel programming Finite element analysis Iterative methods In the past few years, the authors have been developing a simple library using FORTRAN90/95 and MPI for parallel finite element analysis. Using this library, the authors have produced a suite of ten example parallel programs covering...

... lagragian algorithms as presented in Simo and Laursen (1985) or Zavarise and Wriggers (1999). © MCB UP Limited 2000 Contact Friction Superconductors Iterative methods Computational methods A superconducting quadrupole constitutes a part of the high‐energy accelerator built...