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The Local Convergence of a Three-Step Sixth-Order Iterative Approach with the Basin of Attraction

  • Kasmita Devi,
  • Prashanth Maroju,
  • Eulalia Martínez and
  • Ramandeep Behl

14 June 2024

In this study, we introduce an iterative approach exhibiting sixth-order convergence for the solution of nonlinear equations. The method attains sixth-order convergence by using three evaluations of the function and two evaluations of the first-order...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,707 Views
15 Pages

2 June 2022

This paper is divided into two main portions. First, we look at basins of attraction as a tool with a unique set of characteristics for discussing multistability and coexisting attractors in a gyrostat chaotic system. For the validation of coexisting...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,589 Views
25 Pages

Attraction Basins in Metaheuristics: A Systematic Mapping Study

  • Mihael Baketarić,
  • Marjan Mernik and
  • Tomaž Kosar

26 November 2021

Context: In this study, we report on a Systematic Mapping Study (SMS) for attraction basins in the domain of metaheuristics. Objective: To identify research trends, potential issues, and proposed solutions on attraction basins in the field of metaheu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,969 Views
21 Pages

23 February 2023

The article deals with the computational study of the rigid rotor coupled with squeeze film dampers. Various techniques such as the method of computation of the synchronous response with a circular centred orbit, the harmonic balance method, and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,870 Views
26 Pages

This paper investigates the design and stability of Traub–Steffensen-type iteration schemes with and without memory for solving nonlinear equations. Steffensen’s method overcomes the drawback of the derivative evaluation of Newton’s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,804 Views
20 Pages

In this paper, we have presented a family of fourth order iterative methods, which uses weight functions. This new family requires three function evaluations to get fourth order accuracy. By the Kung–Traub hypothesis this family of methods is optimal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,021 Views
15 Pages

Parametric Family of Root-Finding Iterative Methods: Fractals of the Basins of Attraction

  • José J. Padilla,
  • Francisco I. Chicharro,
  • Alicia Cordero and
  • Juan R. Torregrosa

Research interest in iterative multipoint schemes to solve nonlinear problems has increased recently because of the drawbacks of point-to-point methods, which need high-order derivatives to increase the order of convergence. However, this order is no...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,527 Views
11 Pages

4 December 2020

In this paper, we study the complex dynamic characteristics of a simple nonlinear logistic map. The map contains two parameters that have complex influences on the map’s dynamics. Assuming different values for those parameters gives rise to str...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,360 Views
15 Pages

4 November 2019

Based on the Steffensen-type method, we develop fourth-, eighth-, and sixteenth-order algorithms for solving one-variable equations. The new methods are fourth-, eighth-, and sixteenth-order converging and require at each iteration three, four, and f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,921 Views
24 Pages

20 November 2020

We develop a family of three-step sixth order methods with generic weight functions employed in the second and third sub-steps for solving nonlinear systems. Theoretical and computational studies are of major concern for the convergence behavior with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,325 Views
16 Pages

In this paper, a Newton-type iterative scheme for solving nonlinear systems is designed. In the process of proving the convergence order, we use the higher derivatives of the function and show that the convergence order of this iterative method is si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,827 Views
22 Pages

30 March 2019

The principal objective of this work is to propose a fourth, eighth and sixteenth order scheme for solving a nonlinear equation. In terms of computational cost, per iteration, the fourth order method uses two evaluations of the function and one evalu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,831 Views
10 Pages

The purpose of this work is to give a first approach to the dynamical behavior of Schröder’s method, a well-known iterative process for solving nonlinear equations. In this context, we consider equations defined in the complex plane. By using topolog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,265 Views
20 Pages

New Iterative Schemes to Solve Nonlinear Systems with Symmetric Basins of Attraction

  • Alicia Cordero,
  • Smmayya Iqbal,
  • Juan R. Torregrosa and
  • Fiza Zafar

22 August 2022

We present a new Jarratt-type family of optimal fourth- and sixth-order iterative methods for solving nonlinear equations, along with their convergence properties. The schemes are extended to nonlinear systems of equations with equal convergence orde...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
535 Views
27 Pages

As mainstream solvers for black-box optimization problems, evolutionary computation (EC) methods struggle with finding desired optima of lower attractiveness. Researchers have designed benchmark problems for simulating this scenario and proposed a la...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,700 Views
17 Pages

A General Optimal Iterative Scheme with Arbitrary Order of Convergence

  • Alicia Cordero,
  • Juan R. Torregrosa and
  • Paula Triguero-Navarro

16 May 2021

A general optimal iterative method, for approximating the solution of nonlinear equations, of (n+1) steps with 2n+1 order of convergence is presented. Cases n=0 and n=1 correspond to Newton’s and Ostrowski’s schemes, respectively. The basins of attra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,596 Views
15 Pages

Multiple attractors and their fractal basins of attraction can lead to the loss of global stability and integrity of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). In this paper, multistability of a class of electrostatic bilateral capacitive micro-resonat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,105 Views
19 Pages

20 August 2021

Nonlinear phenomena occur in various fields of science, business, and engineering. Research in the area of computational science is constantly growing, with the development of new numerical schemes or with the modification of existing ones. However,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,354 Views
11 Pages

4 September 2023

There are several measures for comparing methods for solving a single nonlinear equation. The first is the order of convergence, then the cost to achieve such rate. This cost is measured by counting the number of functions (and derivatives) evaluated...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,077 Views
23 Pages

9 January 2025

In this paper, we first design the corresponding integration algorithm and matlab program according to the Gauss–Legendre integration principle. Then, we select the Lorenz system, the Duffing system, the hidden attractor chaotic system and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,474 Views
18 Pages

Influence of Controller’s Parameters on Static Bifurcation of Magnetic-Liquid Double Suspension Bearing

  • Jianhua Zhao,
  • Hanwen Zhang,
  • Bo Qin,
  • Yongqiang Wang,
  • Xiaochen Wu,
  • Fang Han and
  • Guojun Du

7 December 2021

Magnetic-Liquid Double Suspension Bearing (MLDSB) is composed of an electromagnetic supporting and a hydrostatic supporting system. Due to greater supporting capacity and static stiffness, it is appropriate for occasions of middle speed, overloading,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,302 Views
18 Pages

We propose a new iterative scheme without memory for solving nonlinear equations. The proposed scheme is based on a cubically convergent Hansen–Patrick-type method. The beauty of our techniques is that they work even though the derivative is ve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,052 Views
16 Pages

16 August 2019

In this work, we construct a family of seventh order iterative methods for finding multiple roots of a nonlinear function. The scheme consists of three steps, of which the first is Newton’s step and last two are the weighted-Newton steps. Hence...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,091 Views
23 Pages

27 February 2021

The paper aims to investigate the basin of attraction map of a complex Vehicle Routing Problem with random walk analysis. The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is a common discrete optimization problem in field of logistics. In the case of the base VRP,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,006 Views
22 Pages

Niching-Driven Divide-and-Conquer Hill Exploration

  • Junchen Wang,
  • Changhe Li and
  • Yiya Diao

Optimization problems often feature local optima with a significant difference in the basin of attraction (BoA), making evolutionary computation methods prone to discarding solutions located in less-attractive BoAs, thereby posing challenges to the s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,059 Views
11 Pages

From Fractal Behavior of Iteration Methods to an Efficient Solver for the Sign of a Matrix

  • Tao Liu,
  • Malik Zaka Ullah,
  • Khalid Mohammed Ali Alshahrani and
  • Stanford Shateyi

Investigating the fractal behavior of iteration methods on special polynomials can help to find iterative methods with global convergence for finding special matrix functions. By employing such a methodology, we propose a new solver for the sign of a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,483 Views
16 Pages

Stability Analysis of Jacobian-Free Newton’s Iterative Method

  • Abdolreza Amiri,
  • Alicia Cordero,
  • Mohammad Taghi Darvishi and
  • Juan R. Torregrosa

6 November 2019

It is well known that scalar iterative methods with derivatives are highly more stable than their derivative-free partners, understanding the term stability as a measure of the wideness of the set of converging initial estimations. In multivariate ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,452 Views
21 Pages

11 October 2019

In this paper, using the idea of weight functions on the Potra–Pták method, an optimal fourth order method, a non optimal sixth order method, and a family of optimal eighth order methods are proposed. These methods are tested on some num...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,790 Views
16 Pages

16 April 2024

In this research article, we propose a new matrix iterative method with a convergence order of five for computing the sign of a complex matrix by examining the different patterns and symmetry of existing methods. Analysis of the convergence of the me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,780 Views
14 Pages

Ball Comparison between Two Efficient Weighted-Newton-like Solvers for Equations

  • Ioannis K. Argyros,
  • Samundra Regmi,
  • Christopher I. Argyros and
  • Debasis Sharma

1 November 2022

We compare the convergence balls and the dynamical behaviors of two efficient weighted-Newton-like equation solvers by Sharma and Arora, and Grau-Sánchez et al. First of all, the results of ball convergence for these algorithms are established...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,177 Views
22 Pages

12 August 2022

Global dynamics of a piezoelectric energy harvester with tristable potential is investigated. The dynamical model of a cantilever beam energy harvester is considered; its static bifurcation is also discussed. Multiple intra-well attractors and their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,033 Views
16 Pages

Coexisting attractors and the consequent jump in a harmonically excited smooth and discontinuous (SD) oscillator with double potential wells are studied in detail herein. The intra-well periodic solutions in the vicinity of the nontrivial equilibria...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,768 Views
13 Pages

17 October 2020

The current paper analyzes a competition of the Cournot duopoly game whose players (firms) are heterogeneous in a market with isoelastic demand functions and linear costs. The first firm adopts a rationally-based gradient mechanism while the second o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,637 Views
14 Pages

10 January 2024

We develop the local convergence of the six order Contraharmonic-mean Newton’s method (CHN) to solve Banach space valued equations. Our analysis approach is two fold: The first way uses Taylor’s series and derivatives of higher orders. Th...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
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Vectorial Iterative Schemes with Memory for Solving Nonlinear Systems of Equations

  • Ramandeep Behl,
  • Alicia Cordero,
  • Juan R. Torregrosa and
  • Sonia Bhalla

There exist in the literature many iterative methods for solving nonlinear problems. Some of these methods can be transferred directly to the context of nonlinear systems, keeping the order of convergence, but others cannot be directly extended to a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,173 Views
17 Pages

We propose a new optimal iterative scheme without memory free from derivatives for solving non-linear equations. There are many iterative schemes existing in the literature which either diverge or fail to work when f′(x)=0. However, our propose...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,559 Views
25 Pages

This paper conducts a comparative analysis of the global dynamics of a harmonically excited oscillator with geometrical nonlinearities. Static analysis of the oscillatory system shows that adjusting the horizontal distance ratio from 1 to 0 can lead...

  • Article
  • Open Access
772 Views
19 Pages

This study investigates dynamic behaviors within a competition Cournot duopoly framework incorporating consumer surplus, and social welfare through the bounded rationality method. The distinctive aspect of the competition game is the incorporation of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,621 Views
16 Pages

31 August 2020

The Bischi–Naimzada game is a market competition between two firms with the objective of maximizing profits under limited information. In this article, we study a more generalized and realistic situation that takes into account the sales constr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,011 Views
14 Pages

Some Real-Life Applications of a Newly Constructed Derivative Free Iterative Scheme

  • Ramandeep Behl,
  • M. Salimi,
  • M. Ferrara,
  • S. Sharifi and
  • Samaher Khalaf Alharbi

15 February 2019

In this study, we present a new higher-order scheme without memory for simple zeros which has two major advantages. The first one is that each member of our scheme is derivative free and the second one is that the present scheme is capable of produci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,781 Views
25 Pages

A New Three-Step Root-Finding Numerical Method and Its Fractal Global Behavior

  • Asifa Tassaddiq,
  • Sania Qureshi,
  • Amanullah Soomro,
  • Evren Hincal,
  • Dumitru Baleanu and
  • Asif Ali Shaikh

There is an increasing demand for numerical methods to obtain accurate approximate solutions for nonlinear models based upon polynomials and transcendental equations under both single and multivariate variables. Keeping in mind the high demand within...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,865 Views
22 Pages

30 September 2024

This study introduces a novel, iterative algorithm that achieves fourth-order convergence for solving nonlinear equations. Satisfying the Kung–Traub conjecture, the proposed technique achieves an optimal order of four with an efficiency index (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,842 Views
27 Pages

This study presents multistability mechanisms that can enhance the energy harvesting performance of a piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) with geometrical nonlinearities. To configure triple potential wells, static bifurcation diagrams in the struct...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
3,566 Views
17 Pages

Multiple Solutions of the Tristable Energy Harvester

  • Grzegorz Litak,
  • Jerzy Margielewicz,
  • Damian Gąska,
  • Piotr Wolszczak and
  • Shengxi Zhou

26 February 2021

This paper presents the results of numerical simulations of a non-linear, tristable system for harvesting energy from vibrating mechanical devices. Detailed model tests were carried out in relation to the system consisting of a beam and three permane...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,198 Views
28 Pages

30 April 2025

How can the shape of biodiversity inform us about cities’ ecoclimatic fitness and guide their development? Can we use species as the harbingers of climatic extremes? Eco-climatically sensitive species carry information about hydroclimatic chang...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
545 Views
14 Pages

16 September 2025

The third-order difference equation yn+1=a1yn21+yn2+a2yn−121+yn−12+a3yn−221+yn−22, as a potential discrete time model of population dynamics with three generation involved, is studied. The parts of the basins of attraction of...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,118 Views
16 Pages

8 December 2019

We studied the local convergence of a family of sixth order Jarratt-like methods in Banach space setting. The procedure so applied provides the radius of convergence and bounds on errors under the conditions based on the first Fréchet-derivati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,046 Views
14 Pages

An Enhanced Numerical Iterative Method for Expanding the Attraction Basins When Computing Matrix Signs of Invertible Matrices

  • Lei Shi,
  • Malik Zaka Ullah,
  • Hemant Kumar Nashine,
  • Monairah Alansari and
  • Stanford Shateyi

The computation of the sign function of a matrix plays a crucial role in various mathematical applications. It provides a matrix-valued mapping that determines the sign of each eigenvalue of a nonsingular matrix. In this article, we present a novel i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,949 Views
16 Pages

A Convex Combination Approach for Mean-Based Variants of Newton’s Method

  • Alicia Cordero,
  • Jonathan Franceschi,
  • Juan R. Torregrosa and
  • Anna C. Zagati

2 September 2019

Several authors have designed variants of Newton’s method for solving nonlinear equations by using different means. This technique involves a symmetry in the corresponding fixed-point operator. In this paper, some known results about mean-based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,305 Views
15 Pages

Fixed Point Root-Finding Methods of Fourth-Order of Convergence

  • Alicia Cordero,
  • Lucía Guasp and
  • Juan R. Torregrosa

6 June 2019

In this manuscript, by using the weight-function technique, a new class of iterative methods for solving nonlinear problems is constructed, which includes many known schemes that can be obtained by choosing different weight functions. This weight fun...

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