On modification of certain methods of the conjugate direction type for solving systems of linear algebraic equations

A modification of certain well-known methods of the conjugate direction type is proposed and examined. The modified methods are more stable with respect to the accumulation of round-off errors. Moreover, these methods are applicable for solving ill-conditioned systems of linear algebraic equations that, in particular, arise as approximations of ill-posed problems. Numerical results illustrating the advantages of the proposed modification are presented. © 2007 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.