Research Article

A Cost-Effective Smoothed Multigrid with Modified Neighborhood-Based Aggregation for Markov Chains

Algorithm 5

Cost-effective SAM for Markov chains (CESAM), .
Input:
  : problem matrix,
  : iteration solution,
  , : pre and post relaxation steps.
Output:
  : iteration solution.
(1) if not on the coarsest level then
(2)   Relax times.
(3)  Construct according to (22).
(4)  if in the first cycle then
(5)   .
(6)   Construct based on , and .
(7)  else if    then
(8)   .
(9)  else
(10)  .
(11)  Construct based on , and .
(12) end if
(13)  and .
(14)  smooth , smooth .
(15)  lumping , .
(16) 
(17) 
(18)  Relax times.
(19) else
(20) the solution of , , by a direct solver.
(21) end if
(22) return  ;