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We consider Continuous Linear Programs over a continuous finite time horizon $T$, with linear cost coefficient functions, linear right hand side functions, and a constant coefficient matrix, as well as their symmetric dual. We search for…

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Discretizing continuous-time linear systems typically requires numerical integration. This document presents a convenient method for discretizing the dynamics, input, and process noise state-space matrices of a continuous-time linear system…

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We present a novel deep learning approach to approximate the solution of large, sparse, symmetric, positive-definite linear systems of equations. These systems arise from many problems in applied science, e.g., in numerical methods for…

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Numerically solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) is a naturally serial process and as a result the vast majority of ODE solver software are serial. In this manuscript we developed a set of parallelized ODE solvers using…

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In this paper we present an algebraic dimension-oblivious two-level domain decomposition solver for discretizations of elliptic partial differential equations. The proposed parallel solver is based on a space-filling curve partitioning…

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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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-06-21 Luigi Brugnano , Alessandra Sestini

Although some preconditioners are available for solving dense linear systems, there are still many matrices for which preconditioners are lacking, in particular in cases where the size of the matrix $N$ becomes very large. There remains…

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Computational implementations for solving systems of linear equations often rely on a one-size-fits-all approach based on LU decomposition of dense matrices stored in column-major format. Such solvers are typically implemented with the aid…

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Introducing flexibility in the time-discretisation mesh can improve convergence and computational time when solving differential equations numerically, particularly when the solutions are discontinuous, as commonly found in control problems…

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Targeting simulations on parallel hardware architectures, this paper presents computational kernels for efficient computations in mortar finite element methods. Mortar methods enable a variationally consistent imposition of coupling…

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In this note we exploit polynomial preconditioners for the Conjugate Gradient method to solve large symmetric positive definite linear systems in a parallel environment. We put in connection a specialized Newton method to solve the matrix…

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We study relaxations for linear programs with complementarity constraints, especially instances whose complementary pairs of variables are not independent. Our formulation is based on identifying vertex covers of the conflict graph of the…

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Despite hundreds of papers on preconditioned linear systems of equations, there remains a significant lack of comprehensive performance benchmarks comparing various preconditioners for solving symmetric positive definite (SPD) systems. In…

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Nonlinear optimal control problems for trajectory planning with obstacle avoidance present several challenges. While general-purpose optimizers and dynamic programming methods struggle when adopted separately, their combination enabled by a…

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A multiscale optimization framework for problems over a space of Lipschitz continuous functions is developed. The method solves a coarse-grid discretization followed by linear interpolation to warm-start project gradient descent on…

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In the recent paper [Duff I. et al, SIAM J. Sci. Comp., 37(3) (2015), A1248-A1269] the authors proposed an interesting procedure for the parallel solution of large, sparse consistent linear systems of equations. In this respect, according…

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This paper presents a large-scale parallel solver, specifically designed to tackle the challenges of solving high-dimensional and high-contrast linear systems in heat transfer topology optimization. The solver incorporates an interpolation…

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Harnessing parallelism in seemingly sequential models is a central challenge for modern machine learning. Several approaches have been proposed for evaluating sequential processes in parallel using iterative fixed-point methods, like…

Modern computationally-intensive applications often operate under time constraints, necessitating acceleration methods and distribution of computational workloads across multiple entities. However, the outcome is either achieved within the…

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