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We consider the problem of computing the minimal nonnegative solution $G$ of the nonlinear matrix equation $X=\sum_{i=-1}^\infty A_iX^{i+1}$ where $A_i$, for $i\ge -1$, are nonnegative square matrices such that $\sum_{i=-1}^\infty A_i$ is…
In order to determine the stationary distribution for discrete time quasi-birth-death Markov chains, it is necessary to find the minimal nonnegative solution of a quadratic matrix equation. We apply the Newton-Shamanskii method for solving…
We present some accelerated variants of fixed point iterations for computing the minimal non-negative solution of the unilateral matrix equation associated with an M/G/1-type Markov chain. These variants derive from certain staircase…
We present relations between some recently proposed methods for the solution of a nonlinear system of equations. In particular, we review the Shamanskii's m method, that is an iterative method derived from Newton's method that converge with…
We are concerned with the tensor equation with an M-tensor or Z-tensor, which we call the M- tensor equation or Z-tensor equation respectively. We derive a necessary and sufficient condition for a Z (or M)-tensor equation to have…
In this paper, we are devoted to developing matrix-analytic methods for solving Poisson's equation for irreducible and positive recurrent discrete-time Markov chains (DTMCs). Two special solutions, including the deviation matrix D and the…
This paper addresses the challenge of solving large-scale nonlinear equations with H\"older continuous Jacobians. We introduce a novel Incremental Gauss--Newton (IGN) method within explicit superlinear convergence rate, which outperforms…
A q-Gauss-Newton algorithm is an iterative procedure that solves nonlinear unconstrained optimization problems based on minimization of the sum squared errors of the objective function residuals. Main advantage of the algorithm is that it…
In this paper, we propose the tensor Noda iteration (NI) and its inexact version for solving the eigenvalue problem of a particular class of tensor pairs called generalized $\mathcal{M}$-tensor pairs. A generalized $\mathcal{M}$-tensor pair…
We investigate the use of piecewise linear systems, whose coefficient matrix is a piecewise constant function of the solution itself. Such systems arise, for example, from the numerical solution of linear complementarity problems and in the…
We consider the convergence of iterative solvers for problems of nonlinear magnetostatics. Using the equivalence to an underlying minimization problem, we can establish global linear convergence of a large class of methods, including the…
This work focuses on developing and motivating a stochastic version of a wellknown inverse problem methodology. Specifically, we consider the iteratively regularized Gauss-Newton method, originally proposed by Bakushinskii for…
Low rank matrix recovery problems, including matrix completion and matrix sensing, appear in a broad range of applications. In this work we present GNMR -- an extremely simple iterative algorithm for low rank matrix recovery, based on a…
The Total Least Squares solution of an overdetermined, approximate linear equation $Ax \approx b$ minimizes a nonlinear function which characterizes the backward error. We show that a globally convergent variant of the Gauss--Newton…
It is often the case that, while the numerical solution of the non-linear dispersive equation $\mathrm{i}\partial_t u(t)=\mathcal{H}(u(t),t)u(t)$ represents a formidable challenge, it is fairly easy and cheap to solve closely related linear…
We develop and analyze stochastic inexact Gauss-Newton methods for nonlinear least-squares problems and for nonlinear systems ofequations. Random models are formed using suitable sampling strategies for the matrices involved in the…
Imprecise continuous-time Markov chains are a robust type of continuous-time Markov chains that allow for partially specified time-dependent parameters. Computing inferences for them requires the solution of a non-linear differential…
We present a novel algorithm to solve a non-linear system of equations, whose solution can be interpreted as a tight lower bound on the vector of expected hitting times of a Markov chain whose transition probabilities are only partially…
This paper is devoted to studying the global and finite convergence of the semi-smooth Newton method for solving a piecewise linear system that arises in cone-constrained quadratic programming problems and absolute value equations. We first…
Continuous-time algebraic Riccati equations can be found in many disciplines in different forms. In the case of small-scale dense coefficient matrices, stabilizing solutions can be computed to all possible formulations of the Riccati…