| Article ID: | iaor1999930 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 17 |
| End Page Number: | 31 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1998 |
| Journal: | Investigao Operacional |
| Authors: | Jdice Joaquim J., Soares M.C. |
| Keywords: | complementarity |
In this paper we investigate the use of a block principal pivoting and an interior-point algorithm for the solution of some linear complementarity problems arising in some models of mechanics, We describe the extensions of the algorithms that deal with these special linear complementarity problems. Computational experience with MATLAB implementations of these algorithms is included and shows the appropriateness of these techniques to deal with these models.