A note on preconditioning weighted linear least squares, with consequences for weakly-constrained variational data assimilation

  • Serge Gratton
  • Philippe L. Toint
  • Selime Gürol
  • Ehouarn Simon
    • Categories Basic Sciences Applications, Nonlinear Systems and Least-Squares Tags , , Short URL: https://optimization-online.org/?p=14770

    The effect of preconditioning linear weighted least-squares using an approximation of the model matrix is analyzed, showing the interplay of the eigenstructures of both the model and weighting matrices. A small example is given illustrating the resulting potential inefficiency of such preconditioners. Consequences of these results in the context of the weakly-constrained 4D-Var data assimilation problem are finally discussed.

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    naXys Technical report, naXys, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium, 2017

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