Accession Number:

AD0712401

Title:

PARALLEL TANGENTS AND STEEPEST DESCENT OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM-A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTATION WITH APPLICATION TO PARTIALLY LINEAR MODELS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

IOWA STATE UNIV AMES

Personal Author(s):

• Papaioannou,T.
• Kempthorne,O.

Report Date:

1970-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

50.0

Abstract:

The report presents a computer implementation of the PARTAN and steepest descent optimization algorithms. Some research on fitting partially linear models is also reported. Chapter I gives an introduction to the PARTAN and steepest descent optimization algorithms. Chapter II describes the problems solvable by the present routine. Chapter III presents an analysis of the program. Input-output considerations, data preparation and limitations of the program are given in Chapter IV. Results of test problems and a list of error messages are given in Chapters V and VI respectively. The fitting of non-linear models is discussed in Chapter VII. Finally, a listing of the computer program is given in the Appendix. Author

Descriptors:

• (*STEEPEST DESCENT METHOD
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS)
• NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• ITERATIONS
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• ALGORITHMS
• LINEAR SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Theoretical Mathematics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE