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  • Matrix group: HB
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  • Matrix: HB/bcsstk08
  • Description: SYMMETRIC STIFFNESS MATRIX, FRAME BUILDING (TV STUDIO)
  • download as a MATLAB mat-file, file size: 51 KB. Use UFget(30) or UFget('HB/bcsstk08') in MATLAB.
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    HB/bcsstk08

    dmperm of HB/bcsstk08

    HB/bcsstk08 graph

    Matrix properties
    number of rows1,074
    number of columns1,074
    nonzeros12,960
    structural full rank?yes
    structural rank1,074
    # of blocks from dmperm4
    # strongly connected comp.4
    entries not in dmperm blocks0
    explicit zero entries0
    nonzero pattern symmetrysymmetric
    numeric value symmetrysymmetric
    typereal
    structuresymmetric
    Cholesky candidate?yes
    positive definite?yes

    authorJ. Lewis
    editorI. Duff, R. Grimes, J. Lewis
    date1982
    kindstructural problem
    2D/3D problem?yes

    Ordering statistics:AMD METIS DMPERM+
    nnz(chol(P*(A+A'+s*I)*P'))31,153 33,442 31,153
    Cholesky flop count1.8e+06 2.0e+06 1.8e+06
    nnz(L+U), no partial pivoting61,232 65,810 61,232
    nnz(V) for QR, upper bound nnz(L) for LU193,893 132,712 143,124
    nnz(R) for QR, upper bound nnz(U) for LU280,778 269,637 278,373

    Maintained by Tim Davis, last updated 04-May-2008.
    Matrix pictures by cspy, a MATLAB function in the CSparse package.
    Matrix graphs by Yifan Hu, AT&T Labs Visualization Group.