<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:torquil@gmail.com" target="_blank">torquil@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi!<br><br></div>I have a linear problem Ax=b, with complex values, that is solved very well using the ILUTP and GMRES implementations in GMM++. None of the other preconditioners available in GMM++ would work (e.g. ILU and ILUT) for this problem.<br>
<br></div>Then I tried the same problem using ILU and GMRES in PETSc, with no success, despite a lot of attempts at adjusting ILU settings. I always end up with gigantic residual norm values. The same PETSc program works well when I apply it to a different matrix A.<br>
<br></div><div>I'm now suspecting that the ILU options cannot be set so as to obtain ILUTP behaviour.<br></div><div><br></div><div>What would be the recommended method to access an ILUTP preconditioner from PETSc?<br>
<br>According to the PETSc website, a preconditioner named ILUDT is available by using the external package Hypre, but I had to deselect Hypre during the PETSc build due to my use of complex numbers... So do you guys think that I should transform everything to a real representation and try Hypre/ILUDT?<br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I suggest you look for a different preconditioner. The fact that you have so much trouble reproducing the behavior shows</div><div>you just how fragile the performance of ILU is. It may work for a certain size, but fail for larger or smaller problems, or slightly</div>
<div>different parameters. What problem are you solving? Usually the best option is to consult the literature for preconditioners</div><div>tailored to your problem, and then reproduce them.</div><div><br></div><div> Matt</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>Best regards<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>Torquil Sørensen<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.<br>
-- Norbert Wiener
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