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what makes Sparse faster on circuit problem?

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michael
2009-11-30
2013-04-09
  • michael

    michael - 2009-11-30

    I am wondering why sparse is faster on solving circuit problems? What's the fundamental difference between Sparse and a generic LU linear system solver?

     
  • Ken Kundert

    Ken Kundert - 2009-12-01

    Sparse 's pivoting algorithms take advantage of the fact that the circuit matricies generally have values on the diagonals, and those values are often the largest values in the row. This reduces the time required to perform pivoting and generally results in a more robust reordering.

     

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