A Comparison of the Gaussian Elimination Method and an Optimization Technique Using the Adjoint Network for the Analysis of Linear Circuits,

Abstract

One of the most important tools in circuit analysis is an efficient routine that obtains the solution to a set of simultaneous linear algebraic equations. This routine is common to DC analysis, AC analysis, transient analysis, and nonlinear analysis programs and is usually the most time consuming operation. Much effort has been directed into the development of such routines and many are in existence. They are often broken down into three categories. The direct methods include Gaussian elimination and matrix inversion. These methods are usually more reliable and, thus, preferred over the others. The Gauss-Seidel method is typical of a second category called the stationary iterative methods. A third category contains the iterative techniques based upon the minimization of an error function of quadratic form. A member of this third category is the subject of investigation in this paper.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0774374

Entities

People

  • Walter Alan Schuppan

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Analysis
  • Circuits
  • Elimination
  • Equations
  • Inversion
  • Linear Algebraic Equations
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Networks
  • Nonlinear Analysis
  • Optimization
  • Stationary

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