| Article ID: | iaor20122970 |
| Volume: | 218 |
| Issue: | 15 |
| Start Page Number: | 7871 |
| End Page Number: | 7875 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Journal: | Applied Mathematics and Computation |
| Authors: | Liu Xi-Lan, Wang Xiao-Rui |
| Keywords: | heuristics, numerical analysis |
A convergence improvement factor is introduced for solving nonlinear equations so as to increase the efficiency of iterative methods. Many well known iterative methods are covered.