Accession Number:

AD0752910

Title:

MARQ4: A Computer Program for Nonlinear Functional Maximization.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. Jul 70-Apr 72,

Corporate Author:

EDGEWOOD ARSENAL MD

Personal Author(s):

• Pennsyle,Ronald O.

Report Date:

1972-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

43.0

Abstract:

The FORTRAN 5 computer program described in the report was prepared to provide the scientific community at Edgewood Arsenal the capability of solving nonlinear functional maximization problems with a minimum of computer programming effort. The class of problems which can be solved by MARQ4 includes least-squares estimation of nonlinear parameters, solution of systems of nonlinear algebraic equations, and nonlinear functional maximization with constraints. The Marquardt algorithm was selected as the basic element of the program because of its flexibility and efficiency. The method has been compared with other techniques in numerical experiments and found to be consistently efficient over a broad range of problem types. Author

Descriptors:

• (*COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS)
• LEAST SQUARES METHOD
• MATRICES(MATHEMATICS)
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• ALGORITHMS
• FUNCTIONS(MATHEMATICS)
• OPTIMIZATION
• NONLINEAR SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE