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scipy.sparse.linalg.

# spilu

scipy.sparse.linalg.spilu(A, drop_tol=None, fill_factor=None, drop_rule=None, permc_spec=None, diag_pivot_thresh=None, relax=None, panel_size=None, options=None)

  Compute an incomplete LU decomposition for a sparse, square matrix.

  The resulting object is an approximation to the inverse of A.

  Parameters:
    A(N, N) array_like

      Sparse array to factorize. Most efficient when provided in CSC format. Other formats will be converted to CSC before factorization.

    drop_tol float, optional

      Drop tolerance (0 <= tol <= 1) for an incomplete LU decomposition. (default: 1e-4)

    fill_factor float, optional

      Specifies the fill ratio upper bound (>= 1.0) for ILU. (default: 10)

    drop_rule str, optional

      Comma-separated string of drop rules to use. Available rules: `basic`, `prows`, `column`, `area`, `secondary`, `dynamic`, `interp`. (Default: `basic,area`)

      See SuperLU documentation for details.

    Remaining other options

      Same as for `splu`

  Returns:
    invA_approx scipy.sparse.linalg.SuperLU

      Object, which has a `solve` method.

  See also

  `splu`

    complete LU decomposition

  Notes

  When a real array is factorized and the returned SuperLU object’s `solve()` method is used with complex arguments an error is generated. Instead, cast the initial array to complex and then factorize.

  To improve the better approximation to the inverse, you may need to increase fill_factor AND decrease drop_tol.

  This function uses the SuperLU library.

  Examples

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> from scipy.sparse import csc_array
      >>> from scipy.sparse.linalg import spilu
      >>> A = csc_array([[1., 0., 0.], [5., 0., 2.], [0., -1., 0.]], dtype=float)
      >>> B = spilu(A)
      >>> x = np.array([1., 2., 3.], dtype=float)
      >>> B.solve(x)
      array([ 1. , -3. , -1.5])
      >>> A.dot(B.solve(x))
      array([ 1.,  2.,  3.])
      >>> B.solve(A.dot(x))
      array([ 1.,  2.,  3.])