• DocumentCode
    2310206
  • Title

    Approximate MLFMA as an efficient preconditioner

  • Author

    Malas, Tahir ; Ergül, Özgür ; Gürel, Levent

  • Author_Institution
    Bilkent Univ., Ankara
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    9-15 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1289
  • Lastpage
    1292
  • Abstract
    In this work, we propose a preconditioner that approximates the dense system operator. For this purpose, we develop an approximate multilevel fast multipole algorithm (AMLFMA), which performs a much faster matrix-vector multiplication with some relative error compared to the original MLFMA. We use AMLFMA to solve a closely related system, which makes up the preconditioner. Then, this solution is embedded in the main solution that uses MLFMA. By taking into account the far-field elements wisely, this preconditioner proves to be much more effective compared to the near-field preconditioners.
  • Keywords
    computational electromagnetics; integral equations; matrix algebra; approximate multilevel fast multipole algorithm; computational electromagnetics; integral-equation problems; matrix-vector multiplication; preconditioner; Computational electromagnetics; Convergence; Electromagnetic scattering; Geometry; Integral equations; Linear systems; MLFMA; Robustness; Sparse matrices; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0877-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0878-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2007.4395738
  • Filename
    4395738