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NAG C Library Manual

NAG Library Function Documentnag_dgbrfs (f07bhc)

1  Purpose

nag_dgbrfs (f07bhc) returns error bounds for the solution of a real band system of linear equations with multiple right-hand sides, $AX=B$ or ${A}^{\mathrm{T}}X=B$. It improves the solution by iterative refinement, in order to reduce the backward error as much as possible.

2  Specification

 #include #include
 void nag_dgbrfs (Nag_OrderType order, Nag_TransType trans, Integer n, Integer kl, Integer ku, Integer nrhs, const double ab[], Integer pdab, const double afb[], Integer pdafb, const Integer ipiv[], const double b[], Integer pdb, double x[], Integer pdx, double ferr[], double berr[], NagError *fail)

3  Description

nag_dgbrfs (f07bhc) returns the backward errors and estimated bounds on the forward errors for the solution of a real band system of linear equations with multiple right-hand sides $AX=B$ or ${A}^{\mathrm{T}}X=B$. The function handles each right-hand side vector (stored as a column of the matrix $B$) independently, so we describe the function of nag_dgbrfs (f07bhc) in terms of a single right-hand side $b$ and solution $x$.
Given a computed solution $x$, the function computes the component-wise backward error $\beta$. This is the size of the smallest relative perturbation in each element of $A$ and $b$ such that $x$ is the exact solution of a perturbed system
 $A+δAx=b+δb δaij≤βaij and δbi≤βbi .$
Then the function estimates a bound for the component-wise forward error in the computed solution, defined by:
 $maxi xi - x^i / maxi xi$
where $\stackrel{^}{x}$ is the true solution.
For details of the method, see the f07 Chapter Introduction.

4  References

Golub G H and Van Loan C F (1996) Matrix Computations (3rd Edition) Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

5  Arguments

1:     orderNag_OrderTypeInput
On entry: the order argument specifies the two-dimensional storage scheme being used, i.e., row-major ordering or column-major ordering. C language defined storage is specified by ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$. See Section 3.2.1.3 in the Essential Introduction for a more detailed explanation of the use of this argument.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$ or Nag_ColMajor.
2:     transNag_TransTypeInput
On entry: indicates the form of the linear equations for which $X$ is the computed solution.
${\mathbf{trans}}=\mathrm{Nag_NoTrans}$
The linear equations are of the form $AX=B$.
${\mathbf{trans}}=\mathrm{Nag_Trans}$ or $\mathrm{Nag_ConjTrans}$
The linear equations are of the form ${A}^{\mathrm{T}}X=B$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{trans}}=\mathrm{Nag_NoTrans}$, $\mathrm{Nag_Trans}$ or $\mathrm{Nag_ConjTrans}$.
3:     nIntegerInput
On entry: $n$, the order of the matrix $A$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{n}}\ge 0$.
4:     klIntegerInput
On entry: ${k}_{l}$, the number of subdiagonals within the band of the matrix $A$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{kl}}\ge 0$.
5:     kuIntegerInput
On entry: ${k}_{u}$, the number of superdiagonals within the band of the matrix $A$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{ku}}\ge 0$.
6:     nrhsIntegerInput
On entry: $r$, the number of right-hand sides.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{nrhs}}\ge 0$.
7:     ab[$\mathit{dim}$]const doubleInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array ab must be at least $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{pdab}}×{\mathbf{n}}\right)$.
On entry: the original $n$ by $n$ band matrix $A$ as supplied to nag_dgbtrf (f07bdc) but with reduced requirements since the matrix is not factorized.
This is stored as a notional two-dimensional array with row elements or column elements stored contiguously. The storage of elements ${A}_{ij}$, for row $i=1,\dots ,n$ and column $j=\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,i-{k}_{l}\right),\dots ,\mathrm{min}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(n,i+{k}_{u}\right)$, depends on the order argument as follows:
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$, ${A}_{ij}$ is stored as ${\mathbf{ab}}\left[\left(j-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdab}}+{\mathbf{ku}}+i-j\right]$;
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$, ${A}_{ij}$ is stored as ${\mathbf{ab}}\left[\left(i-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdab}}+{\mathbf{kl}}+j-i\right]$.
See Section 8 in nag_dgbsv (f07bac) for further details.
8:     pdabIntegerInput
On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) of the matrix $A$ in the array ab.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdab}}\ge {\mathbf{kl}}+{\mathbf{ku}}+1$.
9:     afb[$\mathit{dim}$]const doubleInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array afb must be at least $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{pdafb}}×{\mathbf{n}}\right)$.
On entry: the $LU$ factorization of $A$, as returned by nag_dgbtrf (f07bdc).
10:   pdafbIntegerInput
On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) of the matrix in the array afb.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdafb}}\ge 2×{\mathbf{kl}}+{\mathbf{ku}}+1$.
11:   ipiv[$\mathit{dim}$]const IntegerInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array ipiv must be at least $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}\right)$.
On entry: the pivot indices, as returned by nag_dgbtrf (f07bdc).
12:   b[$\mathit{dim}$]const doubleInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array b must be at least
• $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{pdb}}×{\mathbf{nrhs}}\right)$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$;
• $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}×{\mathbf{pdb}}\right)$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$.
The $\left(i,j\right)$th element of the matrix $B$ is stored in
• ${\mathbf{b}}\left[\left(j-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdb}}+i-1\right]$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$;
• ${\mathbf{b}}\left[\left(i-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdb}}+j-1\right]$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$.
On entry: the $n$ by $r$ right-hand side matrix $B$.
13:   pdbIntegerInput
On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) in the array b.
Constraints:
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$, ${\mathbf{pdb}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}\right)$;
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$, ${\mathbf{pdb}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{nrhs}}\right)$.
14:   x[$\mathit{dim}$]doubleInput/Output
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array x must be at least
• $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{pdx}}×{\mathbf{nrhs}}\right)$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$;
• $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}×{\mathbf{pdx}}\right)$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$.
The $\left(i,j\right)$th element of the matrix $X$ is stored in
• ${\mathbf{x}}\left[\left(j-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdx}}+i-1\right]$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$;
• ${\mathbf{x}}\left[\left(i-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdx}}+j-1\right]$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$.
On entry: the $n$ by $r$ solution matrix $X$, as returned by nag_dgbtrs (f07bec).
On exit: the improved solution matrix $X$.
15:   pdxIntegerInput
On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) in the array x.
Constraints:
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$, ${\mathbf{pdx}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}\right)$;
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$, ${\mathbf{pdx}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{nrhs}}\right)$.
16:   ferr[nrhs]doubleOutput
On exit: ${\mathbf{ferr}}\left[\mathit{j}-1\right]$ contains an estimated error bound for the $\mathit{j}$th solution vector, that is, the $\mathit{j}$th column of $X$, for $\mathit{j}=1,2,\dots ,r$.
17:   berr[nrhs]doubleOutput
On exit: ${\mathbf{berr}}\left[\mathit{j}-1\right]$ contains the component-wise backward error bound $\beta$ for the $\mathit{j}$th solution vector, that is, the $\mathit{j}$th column of $X$, for $\mathit{j}=1,2,\dots ,r$.
18:   failNagError *Input/Output
The NAG error argument (see Section 3.6 in the Essential Introduction).

6  Error Indicators and Warnings

NE_ALLOC_FAIL
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
On entry, argument $〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ had an illegal value.
NE_INT
On entry, ${\mathbf{kl}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{kl}}\ge 0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{ku}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{ku}}\ge 0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{n}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{n}}\ge 0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{nrhs}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{nrhs}}\ge 0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdab}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdab}}>0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdafb}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdafb}}>0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdb}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdb}}>0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdx}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdx}}>0$.
NE_INT_2
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdb}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and ${\mathbf{n}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdb}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}\right)$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdb}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and ${\mathbf{nrhs}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdb}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{nrhs}}\right)$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdx}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and ${\mathbf{n}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdx}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}\right)$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdx}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and ${\mathbf{nrhs}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdx}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{nrhs}}\right)$.
NE_INT_3
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdab}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$, ${\mathbf{kl}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and ${\mathbf{ku}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdab}}\ge {\mathbf{kl}}+{\mathbf{ku}}+1$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdafb}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$, ${\mathbf{kl}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and ${\mathbf{ku}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdafb}}\ge 2×{\mathbf{kl}}+{\mathbf{ku}}+1$.
NE_INTERNAL_ERROR
An internal error has occurred in this function. Check the function call and any array sizes. If the call is correct then please contact NAG for assistance.

7  Accuracy

The bounds returned in ferr are not rigorous, because they are estimated, not computed exactly; but in practice they almost always overestimate the actual error.

For each right-hand side, computation of the backward error involves a minimum of $4n\left({k}_{l}+{k}_{u}\right)$ floating point operations. Each step of iterative refinement involves an additional $2n\left(4{k}_{l}+3{k}_{u}\right)$ operations. This assumes $n\gg {k}_{l}$ and $n\gg {k}_{u}$. At most five steps of iterative refinement are performed, but usually only one or two steps are required.
Estimating the forward error involves solving a number of systems of linear equations of the form $Ax=b$ or ${A}^{\mathrm{T}}x=b$; the number is usually $4$ or $5$ and never more than $11$. Each solution involves approximately $2n\left(2{k}_{l}+{k}_{u}\right)$ operations.
The complex analogue of this function is nag_zgbrfs (f07bvc).

9  Example

This example solves the system of equations $AX=B$ using iterative refinement and to compute the forward and backward error bounds, where
 $A= -0.23 2.54 -3.66 0.00 -6.98 2.46 -2.73 -2.13 0.00 2.56 2.46 4.07 0.00 0.00 -4.78 -3.82 and B= 4.42 -36.01 27.13 -31.67 -6.14 -1.16 10.50 -25.82 .$
Here $A$ is nonsymmetric and is treated as a band matrix, which must first be factorized by nag_dgbtrf (f07bdc).

9.1  Program Text

Program Text (f07bhce.c)

9.2  Program Data

Program Data (f07bhce.d)

9.3  Program Results

Program Results (f07bhce.r)