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Michael A. Saunders

Michael A. Saunders

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
61
Citations
57325
World Ranking
490
National Ranking
254

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
62
Citations
60894
World Ranking
1839
National Ranking
590

Michael A. Saunders publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael A. Saunders sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 169 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Michael A. Saunders D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael A. Saunders sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to numerical optimization, linear algebra, and software.

Overview

Michael A. Saunders is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly in computer science, mathematics, and engineering.

The main areas of study for Saunders include:

  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering

Within these fields, their subfields of specialization cover:

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

The scientist's work concentrates on several topics, including:

  • Matrix Theory and Algorithms
  • Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research
  • Numerical methods for differential equations
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Numerical Methods and Algorithms
  • Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization

Michael A. Saunders has contributed to a variety of recent papers. Some examples include:

  • "Linear solvers for power grid optimization problems: A review of GPU-accelerated linear solvers," 2021, Parallel Computing
  • "HyKKT: a hybrid direct-iterative method for solving KKT linear systems," 2022, Optimization methods & software
  • "Mechanistic model-driven exometabolomic characterisation of human dopaminergic neuronal metabolism," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Implementing a Smooth Exact Penalty Function for General Constrained Nonlinear Optimization," 2020, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
  • "Large-Scale Optimization with Linear Equality Constraints Using Reduced Compact Representation," 2022, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Frequently cited co-authors include:

  • Dominique Orban
  • Kasia Świrydowicz
  • Shaked Regev
  • Slaven Peleš
  • Johannes J. Brust

Michael A. Saunders regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
  • Optimization methods & software
  • Parallel Computing
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

They have been recognized as a SIAM Fellow in 2013 for contributions to numerical optimization, linear algebra, and software.

Best Publications

  • Atomic Decomposition by Basis Pursuit

    Scott Shaobing Chen;David L. Donoho;Michael A. Saunders

  • Atomic Decomposition by Basis Pursuit

    Scott Shaobing Chen;David L. Donoho;Michael A. Saunders

  • LSQR: An Algorithm for Sparse Linear Equations and Sparse Least Squares

    Christopher C. Paige;Michael A. Saunders

  • SNOPT: An SQP Algorithm for Large-Scale Constrained Optimization

    Philip E. Gill;Walter Murray;Michael A. Saunders

  • Sparsity and smoothness via the fused lasso

    Robert Tibshirani;Michael D Saunders;Saharon Rosset;Ji Zhu

  • Solution of Sparse Indefinite Systems of Linear Equations

    C. C. Paige;M. A. Saunders

  • SNOPT: An SQP Algorithm for Large-Scale Constrained Optimization

    Philip E. Gill;Walter Murray;Michael A. Saunders

  • MINOS 5.0 User's Guide.

    B A Murtagh;M A Saunders

  • Creation and analysis of biochemical constraint-based models using the COBRA Toolbox v.3.0

    Laurent Heirendt;Sylvain Arreckx;Thomas Pfau;Sebastián N. Mendoza

  • Algorithm 583: LSQR: Sparse Linear Equations and Least Squares Problems

    Christopher C. Paige;Michael A. Saunders

  • Methods for modifying matrix factorizations.

    Phillip E. Gill;Gene H. Golub;Walter A. Murray;Michael A. Saunders

  • Towards a Generalized Singular Value Decomposition

    C. C. Paige;M. A. Saunders

  • Large-scale linearly constrained optimization

    B. A. Murtagh;M. A. Saunders

  • On projected Newton barrier methods for linear programming and an equivalence to Karmarkar's projective method

    Philip E. Gill;Walter Murray;Michael A. Saunders;J. A. Tomlin

  • User's Guide for NPSOL (Version 4.0): A Fortran Package for Nonlinear Programming.

    Philip E Gill;Walter Murray;Michael A Saunders;Margaret H Wright

  • LSMR: An Iterative Algorithm for Sparse Least-Squares Problems

    David Chin-Lung Fong;Michael Saunders

  • A projected Lagrangian algorithm and its implementation for sparse nonlinear constraints

    Bruce A. Murtagh;Michael A. Saunders

  • Aquifer Reclamation Design: The Use of Contaminant Transport Simulation Combined With Nonlinear Programing

    Steven M. Gorelick;Clifford I. Voss;Philip E. Gill;Walter Murray

  • User's Guide for SOL/NPSOL: A Fortran Package for Nonlinear Programming.

    Philip E Gill;Walter Murray;Michael A Saunders;Margaret H Wright

  • Procedures for optimization problems with a mixture of bounds and general linear constraints

    Philip E. Gill;Walter Murray;Michael A. Saunders;Margaret H. Wright

  • A two-step discrete method for reconstruction of temperature distribution in a three-dimensional participating medium

    Qun-xing Huang;Fei Wang;Jian-hua Yan;Yong Chi

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip E. Gill
Philip E. Gill University of California, San Diego
Walter Murray
Walter Murray Stanford University
Margaret H. Wright
Margaret H. Wright New York University
Bernhard O. Palsson
Bernhard O. Palsson University of California, San Diego
Ronan M. T. Fleming
Ronan M. T. Fleming Leiden University
Ines Thiele
Ines Thiele University of Galway
Jason D. Lee
Jason D. Lee Princeton University
Christopher C. Paige
Christopher C. Paige McGill University
Yinyu Ye
Yinyu Ye Stanford University
Michael W. Mahoney
Michael W. Mahoney University of California, Berkeley

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