
Harwell-Boeing file format
Encyclopedia
The Harwell-Boeing file format (also known as HB format) is a file format
designed to store information used to describe sparse matrices
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File format
A file format is a particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.Since a disk drive, or indeed any computer storage, can store only bits, the computer must have some way of converting information to 0s and 1s and vice-versa. There are different kinds of formats for...
designed to store information used to describe sparse matrices
Sparse matrix
In the subfield of numerical analysis, a sparse matrix is a matrix populated primarily with zeros . The term itself was coined by Harry M. Markowitz....
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External links
- HB Files Harwell Boeing Sparse Matrix File Format a detailed description of the HB format