Input: What are the three subsets into which the parameter space V is divided?

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Paper Info

Title: An CUSUM Test with Observation-Adjusted Control Limits in Change Detection
Publish Date: March 9, 2023
Author List: Fuquan Tang (from Department of Statistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Dong Han (from Department of Statistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

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exp{−cg(µ)(θ − x Hv (θ) + o(1))} for 1 ≤ k ≤ ac − 1, bc ≤ n ≤ m, where Zi = −g ′ (µ)(Z i − µ)/a and Hv (θ) = ln hv (θ) + ( ac k − 1) ln ĥv (θ), ĥv (θ) = E v (e θ Zi ).
i < cg(µ)(1 + o(1))) exp{−cg(µ)θ * v (1 + o(1))} (A. 5) for ac ≤ k ≤ bc − 1, bc ≤ n ≤ m,andP v (
i + g ′ (µ)a −1 Tc(g)−1 i=Tc(g)−ac (Z i − µ)] −→ µas c → ∞.By the uniform integrability of {T c (g)/c} and using Theorem A.1.1 in Gut's book(1988), we haveE v (T c (g)) = (1 + o(1)) cg(µ) µfor a large c.This completes the proof of Theorem 2.Proof of Theorem 4. Since g(x) < 0 for x > a * , a * ≤ µ * and µ * ≥ 0, it follows thatP v m Ẑm < cg( Ẑm ), Ẑm > a * ≤ P v ( Ẑm < µ * )andP v (T c (g) > m) = P v n i=n−k+1 Z i < cg( Ẑn ), 1 ≤ k ≤ n, 1 ≤ n ≤ m ≤ P v m Ẑm < cg( Ẑm ) = P v m Ẑm < cg( Ẑm ), Ẑm ≤ a * + P v m Ẑm < cg( Ẑm ), Ẑm > a * ≤ 2P v ( Ẑm < µ * ).Furthermore,P v ( Ẑm < µ * ) = P v ( m i −Z i > −mµ * ) = P v ( m i (µ − Z i ) > m(µ − µ * )) = P v (e θ m i (µ−Z i ) > e θm(µ−µ * ) ) ≤ e −m[θ(µ−µ * )−ln M (θ)] ,whereM(θ) = E v (e θ(µ−Z 1 )) and the last inequality follows from Chebychev's inequality.Note thath(θ) = θ(µ − µ * ) − ln M(θ) attains its maximum value h(θ * ) = θ * (µ − µ * ) − ln M(θ * ) > 0 at θ = θ * > 0, where h ′ (θ * ) = 0. So, E v (T c (g)) = 1 + ∞ m=1 P v (T c (g) > m) ≤ 1 + m=1 −m[θ * (µ−µ * )−ln M (θ * )] = e θ * (µ−µ * )−ln M (θ * ) + 1 e θ * (µ−µ * )−ln M (θ * ) − Let k > 1.It follows that E vk (T c (g) − k + 1) + = ∞ m=1 P vk (T c (g) > m + k − 1, T c (g) > k − 1) ≤ (a 0 + 1)(k − 1)P 0 (T c (g) > k − 1) + ∞ m≥(a 0 +1)(k−1) P vk (T c (g) > m + k − 1).Similarly, we haveP vk (T c (g) > m + k − 1) = P vk n i=n−k+1 Z i < cg( Ẑn ), 1 ≤ k ≤ n, 1 ≤ n ≤ m + k − 1 ≤ 2P vk ( Ẑm+k−1 < µ * ) − Z i ) > m(µ − µ * ) + (k − 1)(µ 0 − µ * ) ≤ 2 exp{−m θ * (µ − µ * ) − ln M(θ * ) + k − 1 m [µ 0 − µ * − ln M 0 (θ * )] } ≤ e −mb for m ≥ (a 0 + 1)(k − 1), since θ * (µ − µ * ) − ln M(θ * ) + k − 1 m [µ 0 − µ * − ln M 0 (θ * )] ≥ b for m ≥ (a 0 + 1)(k−1).Thus, E vk (T c (g) − k + 1) + ≤ (a 0 + 1)(k − 1)P 0 (T c (g) ≥ k) + m≥(a 0 +1)(k−1) e −mb ≤ (a 0 + 1)(k − 1)P 0 (T c (g) >≥ k) + 2e −(a 0 +1)(k−1)b 1 − e −b .
Simulation of E τ i ,v and J ACE for detecting two mean shifts v = 0.1, v = 1.The parameters for T * M are k1=1, k2=150, r 1 = 5.2 * 10 −5 , r 2 = 1.1 * 10 −5 , and the expectation and standard deviation in both cases are 1717.06with 13459.80 and 3918.33 with 16893.25,respectively.

abstract

In this paper, we not only propose an new optimal sequential test of sum of logarithmic likelihood ratio (SLR) but also present the CUSUM sequential test (control chart, stopping time) with the observation-adjusted control limits (CUSUM-OAL) for monitoring quickly and adaptively the change in distribution of a sequential observations.
Two limiting relationships between the optimal test and a series of the CUSUM-OAL tests are established. Moreover, we give the estimation of the in-control and the out-of-control average run lengths (ARLs) of the CUSUM-OAL test. The theoretical results are illustrated by numerical simulations in detecting mean shifts of the observations sequence.

INTRODUCTION

In order to quickly detect a change in distribution of observations sequence without exceeding a certain false alarm rate, a great variety of sequential tests have been proposed, developed and applied to various fields since proposed a control chart method, see, for example, , , One of popular used sequential tests is the following upper-sided CUSUM test which was proposed by .
where c > 0 is a constant control limit, Z i = log[p v 1 (X i )/p v 0 (X i )], p v 0 (x) and p v 1 (x) are prechange and post-change probability density functions respectively for a sequence of mutually independent observations {X i , i ≥ 1}, that is, there is a unknown change-point τ ≥ 1 such that X 1 , ..., X τ −1 have the probability density function p v 0 , whereas, X τ , X τ +1 , ... have the probability density function p v 1 .
By the renewal property of the CUSUM test T C we have , where E 1 (T C ) is the out-of-control average run length (ARL 1 ), P k and E k denote the probability and expectation respectively when the change from p v 0 to p v 1 occurs at the change-point τ = k for k ≥ 1. Though we know that the CUSUM test is optimal under Lorden's measure (see Moustakides 1986 and Ritov 1990), the out-of-control ARL 1 of the CUSUM test is not small, especially in detecting small mean shifts ( see Table in Section 4).
In other words, the CUSUM test is insensitive in detecting small mean shifts. Then, how to increase the sensitivity of the CUSUM test ? Note that the control limit in the CUSUM test is a constant c which does not depend on the observation samples. Intuitively, if the control limit of the CUSUM test can become low as the samples mean of the observation sequence increases, then the alarm time of detecting the increasing mean shifts will be greatly shortened.
Based on this idea, by selecting a decreasing function g(x) we may define the ( upper-sided ) CUSUM chart T C (cg) with the observation-adjusted control limits cg( Ẑn ) ( abbreviated to the CUSUM-OAL chart ) in the following where c > 0 is a constant and Ẑn = n i=1 Z i /n. In other words, the control limits cg( Ẑn ) of the CUSUM-OAL test can be adjusted adaptively according to the observation information { Ẑn }.
Note that the control limits cg( Ẑn ) may be negative. In the special case, the CUSUM-OAL chart T C (cg) becomes into the conventional CUSUM chart T C (c) in (1) when g ≡ 1. Similarly, we can define a down-sided CUSUM-OAL test. In this paper, we consider only the upper-sided CUSUM-OAL test since the properties of the down-sided CUSUM-OAL test can be obtained by the similar method.
The main purpose of the present paper is to show the good detection performance of the CUSUM-OAL test and to give the estimation of its the in-control and out-of-control ARLs. The paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we first present an optimal SLR sequential test, then define two sequences of the CUSUM-OAL tests and prove that one of the two sequences of CUSUM-OAL tests converges to the optimal test, another sequences of CUSUM-OAL tests converges to a combination of the optimal test and the CUSUM test.
The estimation of the in-control and out-of-control ARLs of the CUSUM-OAL tests and their comparison are given in Section 3. The detection performances of the three CUSUM-OAL tests and the conventional CUSUM test are illustrated in Section 4 by comparing their numerical out-ofcontrol ARLs. Section 5 provides some concluding remarks.
Proofs of the theorems are given in the Appendix.

AN OPTIMAL SLR TEST, TWO CUSUM-OAL TESTS AND THEIR LIMITING RELATIONSHIPS

Let P 0 and E 0 denote the probability and the expectation respectively with the probability density p v 0 when there is no change for all the time. It is known that It follows from Proposition 2.38 in and (5.8)-(5.9) in Chow et al, P.108) that the following sequence test of sum of logarithmic likelihood ratio (SLR)
for B > 1, is optimal in the following sense min for P 0 (T SLR < ∞) = α, where c = log B and 0 < α < 1. In particular, if P 0 is the standard normal distribution with mean shift µ > 0 after changepoint, we have Z j − µ 0 = µX j , where µ 0 = −µ 2 /2. It follows from proposition 4 in that the SLR test T SLR in (4) is also optimal (minimal ARL 1 ) with the same false alarm probability P 0 (T < τ ).
It can be seen that the in-control average run length of T SLR is infinite, that is, ARL 0 = E 0 (T SLR ) = ∞. However, the minimal ARL 1 with finite ARL 0 is a widely used optimality criterion in statistical quality control (see ) and detection of abrupt changes (see . In order to get finite ARL 0 for T SLR , we replace the constant control limit c of T SLR in (3) or (4) with the dynamic control limit n(µ 0 − r) and obtain a modified SLR test T SLR (r) in the following
for r ≥ 0. For comparison, the in-control ARL 0 of all candidate sequential tests are constrained to be equal to the same desired level of type I error, the test with the lowest out-of-control ARL v has the highest power or the fastest monitoring (detection) speed. In the following example 1, the numerical simulations of the out-of-control ARLs of the CUSUM-OAL tests T C (cg u,0 ) in detecting the mean shifts of observations with normal distribution will be compared with that of the SLR tests T * (r) and T * (0), and that of the CUSUM-SLR test T C (c) ∧ T * (0) := min{T C (c), T * (0)} in the following Table .
These comparisons lead us to guess that there are some limiting relationships between T C (cg u,r ) and T * (r), and T C (c g u ) and T C (c) ∧ T * (0), respectively. Example 1. Let X 1 , X 2 , .... be mutually independent following the normal distribution N(0, 1) if there is no change. After the change-point τ = 1, the mean E µ (X k ) ( k ≥ 1 ) will change from v 0 = 0 to v = 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 3. Here, we let
, where v 1 = 1 is a given reference value which for the CUSUM test is the magnitude of a shift in the process mean to be detected quickly. We conducted the numerical simulation based on 1,000,000 repetitions. The following Table lists the simulation results of the ARLs of the tests T C (c), T C (c g u ) for u = 1, 10, 10 2 , 10 3 , 10 4 , T * (0.0007), T C (c) ∧ T * (0) and T * (0) for detecting the mean shifts, where the mean shift 0.0 means that there is no change which corresponds to the in-control ARL 0 and all tests have the common ARL 0 ≈ 1000 except the test T * (0) which has ARL 0 = ∞.
The values in the parameters are the standard deviations of the tests. From the last row in Table , it's a little surprising that though the ARL 0 of T * (0) is infinite, that is, E 0 (T * (0)) = ∞, the detection speed of T * (0) is faster than that of the CUSUM chart T C for all mean shifts, in particular, for detecting the small mean shift 0.1, the speed of T * (0) is only 7.47 which is very faster than the speed, 439, of the CUSUM test.
Moreover, both control charts T * (0.0007) and T C (11.9271) ∧ T * (0) not only have the nearly same detection performance as T * (0) but also can have the finite in-control ARL 0 . Note particularly that when the number u in g u is taken from 0 to 1, 10, 10 2 , 10 3 , 10 4 , the detection speed of T C (c g u ) is getting faster and faster, approaching to that of T C (c) ∧ T * (0).
This inspires us to prove the following theoretic results. Let τ = 1 and {X k , k ≥ 1} be an i.i.d. observations sequence with Theorem 2 shows that when the constant control limit c of the CUSUM test T C (c) is replaced with the observation-adjusted control limits {cg u,r ( Ẑn )} and {c g u ( Ẑn )} respectively, the corresponding two CUSUM-OAL tests {T C (cg u,r )} and {T C (c g u )} will converge to the optimal SLR test T * (r) and the CUSUM-SLR test T C (c) ∧ T * (0) as u → ∞, respectively.
In other words, the fastest alarm times that {T C (cg u,r )} and {T C (c g u )} can be reached are T * (r) and T C (c) ∧ T * (0), respectively. u ≥ 0} can be seen as two "long bridges" connecting T C (c) and T * (r), and T C (c) and T C (c) ∧ T * (0), respectively.

ESTIMATION AND COMPARISON OF ARL OF THE CUSUM-OAL TEST

In this section we will give an estimation of the ARLs of the following CUSUM-OAL test that can be written as where g(.) is a decreasing function, Ẑn (ac x] denotes the smallest integer greater than or equal to x. Here Ẑn (ac) is a sliding average of the statistics, Next we discuss on the the post-change probability distribution in order to estimate the ARLs of T C (cg).
Usually we rarely know the post-change probability distribution P v of the observation process before it is detected. But the possible change domain and its boundary (including the size and form of the boundary) about v may be determined by engineering knowledge, practical experience or statistical data.
So we may assume that the region of parameter space V and a probability distribution Q on V are known. If we have no prior knowledge of the possible value of v after the change time τ , we may assume that v occurs equally on V , that is, the probability distribution Q is an equal probability distribution (or uniform distribution ) on V .
For example, let P v be the normal distribution and v = (µ, σ), where µ and σ denote the mean and standard deviation respectively, we can take the set V = {(µ, σ) : and Q is subject to the uniform distribution U(V ) on V if v occurs equally on V , where the numbers µ 1 , µ 2 , σ 1 and σ 2 are known. It means that we know the domain of the possible post-change distributions, P v , v ∈ V , i.e., the boundary ∂V of the parameter space V is known.
Next we shall divide the parameter space V into three subsets V+, V0, and V- by the Euclidean distance. Let and are two Euclidean distances between P v, P v0 and P v, P v1. Since ||p - q|| = 0 if and only if p = q, where p and q are two probability measures, it follows that P v is closer to P v0 than to P v1 according to the Euclidean distance. There is a similar explanation for v ∈ V + or ∈ V 0 . Suppose the post-change distribution P v and the function g(x) satisfy the following conditions: (I) The probability P v is not a point mass at E v (Z 1 ) and P v (Z 1 > 0) > 0.
(II) The moment-generating function h v (θ) = E v (e θZ 1 ) satisfies h v (θ) < ∞ for some θ > 0. (III) The function g(x) is decreasing, its second order derivative function g ′′ (x) is continuous and bounded, and there is a positive number x * such that g(x * ) = 0. ) and and therefore, Θ ′ (θ(u)) = −H(θ(u)) = −H(θ * v ) = 0, Θ ′ (θ(1/x)) > 0 for x > 1/u and Θ ′ (θ(1/x)) < 0 for x > 1/u.
Hence, there exists a positive number b defined in (??). It can be seen, the main part of ARL v (T c (g)) will be an exponential function, square function, and linear function of c when the process {Z k : k ≥ 0} has no change or a "small change", a "medium change" and a "large change" from P v 0 to P v , respectively.
Here, the "small change" (v ∈ V − ) means that P v is closer to P v 0 than to P v 1 , i.e., I(P v |P v 0 ) < I(P v |P v 1 ), and the "large change" is just the opposite. The "medium change" (v ∈ V 0 ) corresponds to In this paper, we will use another method to prove Theorem 3 since Wald's identity and the martingale method do not hold or can not work for showing the ARLs estimation of the test T c (g) when g is not constant.
Next we compare the detection performance of the CUSUM-OAL test (ARL v (T c ′ (g))) with that of the CUSUM test (ARL v (T C (c))) by using (??) in Theorem 4.1. ) when µ 0 < µ < 0 and for θ * v 0 > g(µ)/g(µ 0 ) when µ ≥ 0. This means that ARL v (T c (g)) can be smaller than ARL v (T C (c)) as long as g(µ)/g(µ 0 ) is small for all µ > µ 0 .

NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND A REAL EX-AMPLE ILLUSTRATION

4.1 Numerical Simulation of ARLs for τ ≥ 1 By the simulation results of ARLs in Table , we see that the detection performance of T * (r), T C (c)∧T * (0), T * (0) and T C (c g u ) for large u is much better than that of the conventional CUSUM test T C for τ = 1. The following Table illustrates the simulation values of E τ i ,v and J ACE of nine tests in detecting two mean shifts v = 0.1 and v = 1 after six change-points, τ i , 1 ≤ i ≤ 6 with ARL 0 (T ) = E 0 (T ) ≈ 500.
Note that H v (θ) is a convex function and H ′ v (0) = µ < 0. This means that there is a unique positive number . It follows from (A.9) that for a large c. Taking θ ց θ * v and u ′ ց u, we have for a large c. Thus, by (A.11) we have as c → ∞. By the properties of exponential distribution, we have for a large c.
To prove the downward inequality of (A.10), let where b is defined in (??) and without loss of generality, we assume that b > a. Obviously, Let k = xcg(µ). By Chebyshev's inequality, we have Since Hv (θ) and H v (θ) are two convex functions and Let m = tcg(µ)θ * v /bc for t > 0. By (A.13), (A.14), (A.15) and Theorem 5.1 in Esary, Proschan and Walkup (1967) we have
Finally, as c → +∞, where θ 0 > 0 satisfies h v (θ 0 ) = 1. Thus as c → ∞. This implies that for a large c. This completes the proof of (A.10). Let v ∈ V 0 . Let m 1 = (cg(0)) 2 /σ 2 . It follows that Note that for a large c, where A = |g ′ (0)|/a, and , where Φ(.) is the standard normal distribution. Let m 2 = (cg(0)) 2 /(8σ 2 ln c).
Note that as c → ∞, where the third inequality comes from Theorem 5.1 in Esary, Proschan and Walkup (1967). Thus, we have Let v ∈ V + and let The uniform integrability of {T c (g)/c} for c ≥ 1, follows from the well-known uniform integrability of {T 0 /c} (see Gut (1988)).

Answer: V+, V0, and V- based on the Euclidean distance


Input: What happens to Ngotho after he attacks Jacobo at a workers' strike?

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Weep Not, Child is a 1964 novel by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. It was his first novel, published in 1964 under the name James Ngugi. It was among the African Writers Series. It was the first English language|English novel to be published by an East African. Thiong'o's works deal with the relationship between Africans and white settlers in colonial Kenya, and are heavily critical of colonial rule. Specifically, Weep Not, Child deals with the Mau Mau Uprising, and "the bewildering dispossession of an entire people from their ancestral land." Ngũgĩ wrote the novel while he was a student at Makerere University.

The book is divided into two parts and eighteen chapters. Part one deals mostly with the education of Njoroge, while part two deals with the rising Mau Mau movement.

Plot summary

Njoroge, a little boy, is urged to attend school by his mother. He is the first one of his family able to go to school. His family lives on the land of Jacobo, an African made rich by his dealings with white settlers, namely Mr. Howlands, the most powerful land owner in the area. Njoroge's brother Kamau works as an apprentice to a carpenter, while Boro, the eldest living son, is troubled by his experiences while in forced service during World War II, including witnessing the death of his elder brother. Ngotho, Njoroge's father and a respected man in the surrounding area, tends Mr. Howlands' crops, but is motivated by his passion to preserve his ancestral land, rather than for any compensation or loyalty.

One day, black workers call for a strike to obtain higher wages. Ngotho is ambivalent about participating in the strike because he fears he will lose his job. However, he decides to go to the gathering, even though his two wives do not agree. At the demonstration, there are calls for higher wages. Suddenly, the white police inspector brings Jacobo to the gathering to pacify the native people. Jacobo tries to put an end to the strike. Ngotho attacks Jacobo, and the result is a riot where two people are killed. Jacobo survives and swears revenge. Ngotho loses his job and Njoroge’s family is forced to move. Njoroge’s brothers fund his education and seem to lose respect for their father.

Mwihaki, Jacobo's daughter and Njoroge's best friend, enters a girls' only boarding school, leaving Njoroge relatively alone. He reflects upon her leaving, and realizes that he was embarrassed by his father's actions towards Jacobo. For this reason, Njoroge is not upset by her exit and their separation. Njoroge switches to another school.

For a time, everyone's attention is focused on the upcoming trial of Jomo Kenyatta – a revered leader of the movement. Many blacks think that he is going to bring forth Kenya’s independence. But Jomo loses the trial and is imprisoned. This results in further protests and greater suppression of the black population.

Jacobo and a white landowner, Mr. Howlands, fight against the rising activities of the Mau Mau, an organization striving for Kenyan economic, political, and cultural independence. Jacobo accuses Ngotho of being the leader of the Mau Mau and tries to imprison the whole family. Meanwhile, the situation in the country is deteriorating. Six black men are taken out of their houses and executed in the woods.

One day Njoroge meets Mwihaki again, who has returned from boarding school. Although Njoroge had planned to avoid her due to the conflict between their fathers, their friendship is unaffected. Njoroge passes an important exam that allows him to advance to High School. His village is proud of him, and collects money to pay Njoroge's High School tuition.

Several months later, Jacobo is murdered in his office by a member of the Mau Mau. Mr. Howlands has Njoroge removed from school for questioning. Both father and son are brutally beaten before release and Ngotho is left barely alive. Although there doesn't seem to be a connection between Njoroge's family and the murder, it is eventually revealed that Njoroge's brothers are behind the assassination, and that Boro is the real leader of the Mau Mau. Ngotho soon dies from his injuries and Njoroge finds out that his father was protecting his brothers. Kamau has been imprisoned for life. Only Njoroge and his two mothers remain free, and Njoroge is left as the sole provider of his two mothers. Njoroge fears that he cannot make ends meet; he gives up hope of continuing in school and loses faith in God.

Njoroge asks Mwihaki's for support, but she is angry because of her father’s death. When he finally pledges his love to her, she refuses to leave with him, realizing her obligation to Kenya and her mother. Njoroge decides to leave town and makes an attempt at suicide; however, he fails when his mothers find him before he is able to hang himself. The novel closes with Njoroge feeling hopeless, and ashamed of cowardice.

Characters in Weep Not, Child
 Njoroge: the main character of the book whose main goal throughout the book is to become as educated as possible.
 Ngotho: Njoroge's father. He works for Mr.Howlands and is respected by him until he attacks Jacobo at a workers strike. He is fired and the family is forced to move to another section of the country. Over the course of the book his position as the central power of the family weakened, to the point where his self-realization that he has spent his whole life waiting for the prophecy (that proclaims the blacks will be returned their land) to come true rather than fighting for Kenyan independence, leads to his depression.
 Nyokabi and Njeri: the two wives of Ngotho. Njeri is Ngotho's first wife, and mother of Boro, Kamau, and Kori. Nyokabi is his second wife, and the mother of Njoroge and Mwangi.
 Njoroge has four brothers: Boro, Kamau, Kori and Mwangi (who is Njoroge's only full brother, who died in World War II).
 Boro: Son of Njeri who fights for the Allies in World War II. Upon returning his anger against the colonial government is compounded by their confiscation of the his land. Boro's anger and position as eldest son leads him to question and ridicule Ngotho, which eventually defeats their father's will (upon realizing his life was wasted waiting and not acting). It is eventually revealed that Boro is the leader of the Mau Mau (earlier alluded to as "entering politics") and murders Mr.Howlands. He is caught by police immediately after and is scheduled to be executed by the book's end. It is highly likely that it is also Boro who kills Jacobo.
 Mwihaki: Njoroge's best friend (and later develops into his love interest). Daughter of Jacobo. When it is revealed that his family killed Jacobo (most likely Boro), Mwihaki distances herself from Njoroge, asking for time to mourn her father and care for her mother.
 Jacobo: Mwihaki's father and an important landowner. Chief of the village.
 Mr. Howlands: A white settler who emigrated to colonial Kenya and now owns a farm made up of land that originally belonged to Ngotho's ancestors. Has three children: Peter who died in World War II before the book's beginning, a daughter who becomes a missionary, and Stephen who met Njoroge while the two were in high school.

Themes and motifs
Weep Not, Child integrates Gikuyu mythology and the ideology of nationalism that serves as catalyst for much of the novel's action. The novel explores the negative aspects of colonial rule over Kenya. Njoroge's aspiration to attend university is frustrated by both the violence of the Mau Mau rebels and the violent response of the colonial government. This disappointment leads to his alienation from his family and ultimately his suicide attempt.

The novel also ponders the role of saviours and salvation. The author notes in his The River Between: "Salvation shall come from the hills. From the blood that flows in me, I say from the same tree, a son shall rise. And his duty shall be to lead and save the people." Jomo Kenyatta, the first prime minister of Kenya, is immortalised in Weep Not, Child. The author says, "Jomo had been his (Ngotho's) hope. Ngotho had come to think that it was Jomo who would drive away the white man. To him, Jomo stood for custom and traditions purified by grace of learning and much travel." Njoroge comes to view Jomo as a messiah who will win the struggle against the colonial government.

See also

Things Fall Apart
Death and the King's Horseman

References

External links
Official homepage of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
BBC profile of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Weep Not, Child at Google Books

British Empire in fiction
Novels set in colonial Africa
Historical novels
Kenyan English-language novels
Novels by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Novels set in Kenya
1964 novels
Heinemann (publisher) books
Postcolonial novels
African Writers Series
1964 debut novels

Answer: After attacking Jacobo at a workers' strike, Ngotho loses his job and Njoroge's family is forced to move.


Input: Where is the club's headquarters located?

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Football Club Urartu (, translated Futbolayin Akumb Urartu), commonly known as Urartu, is an Armenian professional football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the Armenian Premier League. The club won the Armenian Cup three times, in 1992, 2007 and 2016. In 2013–2014, they won the Armenian Premier League for the first time in their history.

In early 2016, the Russia-based Armenian businessman Dzhevan Cheloyants became a co-owner of the club after purchasing the major part of the club shares. The club was known as FC Banants until 1 August 2019, when it was officially renamed FC Urartu.

History

Kotayk
Urartu FC were founded as FC Banants by Sarkis Israelyan on 21 January 1992 in the village of Kotayk, representing the Kotayk Province. He named the club after his native village of Banants (currently known as Bayan). Between 1992 and 1995, the club was commonly referred to as Banants Kotayk. During the 1992 season, the club won the first Armenian Cup. At the end of the 1995 transitional season, Banants suffered a financial crisis. The club owners decided that it was better to merge the club with FC Kotayk of Abovyan, rather than disband it. In 2001, Banants demerged from FC Kotayk, and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan.

Yerevan

FC Banants was relocated to Yerevan in 2001. At the beginning of 2003, Banants merged with FC Spartak Yerevan, but was able to limit the name of the new merger to FC Banants. Spartak became Banants's youth academy and later changed the name to Banants-2. Because of the merger, Banants acquired many players from Spartak Yerevan, including Samvel Melkonyan. After the merger, Banants took a more serious approach and have finished highly in the league table ever since. The club managed to lift the Armenian Cup in 2007.
Experience is making way for youth for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The departures of most of the experienced players have left the club's future to the youth. Along with two Ukrainian players, Ugandan international, Noah Kasule, has been signed.

The club headquarters are located on Regent Street in the heart of London, England.

Domestic

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Input: How do the runtimes and iteration counts of NFPA and FPSA compare to GMRES and DSA in the numerical experiments?

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\section{Introduction}\label{sec1}
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Transport problems with highly forward-peaked scattering are prevalent in a variety of areas, including astrophysics, medical physics, and plasma physics \cite{HGK,aristova,multiphysics}.
For these problems, solutions of the transport equation converge slowly when using conventional methods such as source iteration (SI) \cite{adamslarsen} and the generalized minimal residual method (GMRES) \cite{gmres}.
Moreover, diffusion-based acceleration techniques like diffusion synthetic acceleration (DSA) \cite{alcouffe} and nonlinear diffusion acceleration (NDA) \cite{smithetall} are generally inefficient when tackling these problems, as they only accelerate up to the first moment of the angular flux \cite{JapanFPSA}.
In fact, higher-order moments carry important information in problems with highly forward-peaked scattering and can be used to further accelerate convergence \cite{japanDiss}.

This paper focuses on solution methods for the monoenergetic, steady-state transport equation in homogeneous slab geometry.
Under these conditions, the transport equation is given by
\begin{subequations}\label[pluraleq]{eq1}
\begin{equation}
\label{t1}
\mu\frac{\partial}{\partial x} \psi(x,\mu) + \sigma_t \psi(x,\mu) = \int_{-1}^{1} d\mu' \sigma_s(\mu,\mu') \psi(x,\mu') + Q(x, \mu), \,\,\, x\in [0, X],-1\leq\mu\leq 1  ,\\
\end{equation}
with boundary conditions
\begin{align}
\label{t2}
\psi(0,\mu) &= \psi_L(\mu), \quad \mu > 0,\\
\label{t3}
\psi(X,\mu) &= \psi_R(\mu), \quad \mu < 0.
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
Here, $\psi(x,\mu)$ represents the angular flux at position $x$ and direction $\mu$, $\sigma_t$ is the macroscopic total cross section, $\sigma_s(\mu,\mu')$ is the differential scattering cross section, and $Q$ is an internal source.

New innovations have paved the way to better solve this equation in systems with highly forward-peaked scattering.
For instance, work has been done on modified $P_L$ equations and modified scattering cross section moments to accelerate convergence of anisotropic neutron transport problems \cite{khattab}.
In order to speed up the convergence of radiative transfer in clouds, a quasi-diffusion method has been developed \cite{aristova}.
In addition, the DSA-multigrid method was developed to solve problems in electron transport more efficiently \cite{trucksin}.

One of the most recent convergence methods developed is Fokker-Planck Synthetic Acceleration (FPSA) \cite{JapanFPSA,japanDiss}.
FPSA accelerates up to $N$ moments of the angular flux and has shown significant improvement in the convergence rate for the types of problems described above.
The method returns a speed-up of several orders of magnitude with respect to wall-clock time when compared to DSA  \cite{JapanFPSA}.

In this paper, we introduce a new acceleration technique, called \textit{Nonlinear Fokker-Planck Acceleration} (NFPA).
This  method  returns  a  modified  Fokker-Planck (FP) equation  that  preserves  the  angular moments of the flux given by the transport  equation.
This preservation of moments is particularly appealing for applications to multiphysics problems \cite{multiphysics}, in which the coupling between the transport physics and the other physics can be done through the (lower-order) FP equation.
To our knowledge, this is the first implementation of a numerical method that returns a Fokker-Planck-like equation that is discretely consistent with the linear Boltzmann equation.

This paper is organized as follows.
\Cref{sec2} starts with a brief description of FPSA.
Then, we derive the NFPA scheme.
In \cref{sec3}, we discuss the discretization schemes used in this work and present numerical results.
These are compared against standard acceleration techniques.
We conclude with a discussion in \cref{sec4}.

\section{Fokker-Planck Acceleration}\label{sec2}
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In this section we briefly outline the theory behind FPSA, describe NFPA for monoenergetic, steady-state transport problems in slab geometry, and present the numerical methodology behind NFPA.
The theory given here can be easily extended to higher-dimensional problems.
Moreover, extending the method to energy-dependence shall not lead to significant additional theoretical difficulties.

To solve the transport problem given by \cref{eq1} we approximate the in-scattering term in \cref{t1} with a Legendre moment expansion:
\begin{equation}
\label{transport1}
\mu\frac{\partial}{\partial x} \psi(x,\mu) + \sigma_t \psi(x,\mu) = \sum_{l=0}^L \frac{(2l+1)}{2} P_l(\mu) \sigma_{s,l} \phi_l(x) + Q(x, \mu),
\end{equation}
with
\begin{equation}
\label{transport2}
\phi_l(x) =  \int_{-1}^{1} d\mu P_l(\mu) \psi(x,\mu).
\end{equation}
Here, $\phi_l$ is the $l^{th}$ Legendre moment of the angular flux, $ \sigma_{s,l}$ is the $l^{th}$ Legendre coefficient of the differential scattering cross section,  and $P_l$ is the $l^{th}$-order Legendre polynomial.
For simplicity, we will drop the notation $(x,\mu)$ in the remainder of this section.

The solution to \cref{transport1} converges asymptotically to the solution of the following Fokker-Planck equation in the forward-peaked limit \cite{pomraning1}:
\begin{equation}
\label{fp1}
\mu\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial x} + \sigma_a \psi = \frac{\sigma_{tr}}{2}\frac{\partial }{\partial \mu} (1-\mu^2) \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial \mu} + Q\,,
\end{equation}
where $\sigma_{tr}= \sigma_{s,0} -\sigma_{s,1}$ is the momentum transfer cross section and $\sigma_a = \sigma_t-\sigma_{s,0}$ is the macroscopic absorption cross section.

Source Iteration \cite{adamslarsen} is generally used to solve \cref{transport1}, which can be rewritten in operator notation:
\begin{equation}
\label{si1}
\mathcal{L} \psi^{m+1} = \mathcal{S} \psi^{m} + Q\,,
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{L} = \mu \frac{\partial}{\partial x} + \sigma_t,
   \quad
\mathcal{S} = \sum_{l=0}^L \frac{(2l+1)}{2} P_l(\mu) \sigma_{s,l} \int_{-1}^{1}d\mu P_l(\mu) ,
\label{trans1}
\end{equation}
and $m$ is the iteration index.
This equation is solved iteratively until a tolerance criterion is met. The FP approximation shown in \cref{fp1} can be used to accelerate the convergence of \cref{transport1}.

\subsection{FPSA: Fokker-Planck Synthetic Acceleration}\label{FPSA}

In the FPSA scheme \cite{JapanFPSA,japanDiss}, the FP approximation is used as a preconditioner to synthetically accelerate convergence when solving \cref{transport1} (cf. \cite{adamslarsen} for a detailed description of synthetic acceleration).
When solving \cref{si1}, the angular flux at each iteration $m$ has an error associated with it.
FPSA systematically follows a predict, correct, iterate scheme.
A transport sweep, one iteration in \cref{si1}, is made for a prediction.
The FP approximation is used to correct the error in the prediction, and this iteration is performed until a convergence criterion is met.
The equations used are:
\begin{subequations}
\label{fpsaeq}
\begin{align}
\label{predict}
\mathrm{Predict}&: \mathcal{L} \psi^{m+\frac{1}{2}} = \mathcal{S} \psi^{m} + Q\,,\\
\label{correct}
\mathrm{Correct}&: \psi^{m+1} =  \psi^{m+\frac{1}{2}} + \mathcal{P}^{-1} \mathcal{S} \left( \psi^{m+\frac{1}{2}} -  \psi^{m}\right),
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
where we define $\mathcal{P}$ as
\begin{equation}
\label{FPSAsi1}
\mathcal{P} = \mathcal{A}-\mathcal{F} =\underbrace{\left(\mu\frac{\partial}{\partial x} + \sigma_a\right)}_\mathcal{A} - \underbrace{\left(\frac{\sigma_{tr}}{2}\frac{\partial }{\partial \mu} (1-\mu^2) \frac{\partial }{\partial \mu}\right)}_\mathcal{F},
\end{equation}
In this synthetic acceleration method, the FP approximation is used to correct the error in each iteration of the high-order (HO) equation (\ref{predict}).
Therefore, there is no consistency between the angular moments of the flux in the HO and low-order (LO) equations.

\subsection{NFPA: Nonlinear Fokker-Planck Acceleration}\label{NFPA}

Similar to FPSA, NFPA uses the FP approximation to accelerate the convergence of the solution.
We introduce the additive term $\hat{D}_F$ to \cref{fp1}, obtaining the modified FP equation
\begin{equation}
\label{mfp1}
\mu\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial x} + \sigma_a \psi = \frac{\sigma_{tr}}{2}\frac{\partial }{\partial \mu} (1-\mu^2) \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial \mu} + \hat{D}_F + Q\,.
\end{equation}
The role of $\hat{D}_F$ is to force the transport and modified FP equations to be consistent.
Subtracting \cref{mfp1} from \cref{transport1} and rearranging, we obtain the consistency term
\begin{equation}
\label{dfp}
\hat{D}_F = \sum_{l=0}^L \frac{(2l+1)}{2} P_l \sigma_l \phi_l - \frac{\sigma_{tr}}{2}\frac{\partial}{\partial \mu} (1-\mu^2) \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial \mu} - \sigma_{s,0} \psi\,.
\end{equation}

The NFPA method is given by the following equations:
\begin{subequations}\label[pluraleq]{holocons}
\begin{align}
\label{HO1}
\text{HO}&: \mu\frac{\partial \psi_{HO}}{\partial x} + \sigma_t \psi_{HO} = \sum_{l=0}^L \frac{(2l+1)}{2} P_l \sigma_l \phi_{l, LO} + Q\,,\\
\label{LO11}
\text{LO}&: \mu\frac{\partial \psi_{LO}}{\partial x} + \sigma_a \psi_{LO} = \frac{\sigma_{tr}}{2}\frac{\partial }{\partial \mu} (1-\mu^2) \frac{\partial \psi_{LO}}{\partial \mu} + \hat{D}_F + Q\,,\\
\label{con1}
\text{Consistency term}&: \hat{D}_F = \sum_{l=0}^L \frac{(2l+1)}{2} P_l \sigma_l \phi_{l, HO}^m - \frac{\sigma_{tr}}{2}\frac{\partial }{\partial \mu} (1-\mu^2) \frac{\partial \psi_{HO}}{\partial \mu} - \sigma_{s,0} \psi_{HO}\,,
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
where $\psi_{HO}$ is the angular flux obtained from the HO equation and $\psi_{LO}$ is the angular flux obtained from the LO equation.
The nonlinear HOLO-plus-consistency system given by \cref{holocons} can be solved using any nonlinear solution technique \cite{kelley}. Note that the NFPA scheme returns a FP equation that is consistent with HO transport.
Moreover, this modified FP equation accounts for large-angle scattering which the standard FP equation does not.
The LO equation (\ref{fp1}) can then be integrated into multiphysics models in a similar fashion to standard HOLO schemes \cite{patelFBR}. To solve the HOLO-plus-consistency system above, we use Picard iteration \cite{kelley}:
\begin{subequations}
\begin{align}
\label{H1}
\text{Transport Sweep for HO}&:
\mathcal{L} \psi_{HO}^{k+1} = \mathcal{S} \psi_{LO}^{k} + Q, \\
\label{L1}
\text{Evaluate Consistency Term}&: \hat{D}_F^{k+1} = \left(\mathcal{S} - \mathcal{F} - \sigma_{s,0}\mathcal{I}\right) \psi_{HO}^{k+1}, \\
\label{c1}
\text{Solve LO Equation}&: \psi_{LO}^{k+1} = \mathcal{P}^{-1} \left(\hat{D}_F^{k+1} + Q\right),
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
where $\mathcal{L}$ and $\mathcal{S}$ are given in \cref{trans1}, $\mathcal{P}$ and $\mathcal{F}$ are given in \cref{FPSAsi1}, $\mathcal{I}$ is the identity operator, and $k$ is the iteration index.
Iteration is done until a convergence criterion is met.

The main advantage of setting up the LO equation in this fashion is that the stiffness matrix for LO needs to be setup and inverted \textit{only once}, just as with FPSA \cite{JapanFPSA, japanDiss}. This has a large impact on the method's performance.
A flowchart of this algorithm is shown in \cref{Nalgorithm}.

\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[node distance = 3cm, auto]

    \node [block] (init) {Initial guess of flux moments};
    \node [cloud_HO, right of=init, node distance=4cm] (HOm) {HO};
    \node [cloud_LO, below of=HOm, node distance=2cm] (LOm) {LO};
    \node [HO, below of=init] (transport) {One sweep in transport equation};
    \node [decision, below of=transport,node distance=4cm] (decide) {Flux moments converged?};
    \node [LO, left of=decide, node distance=4cm] (dterm) {Solve for consistency term};
    \node [LO, left of=dterm, node distance=3cm] (MFP) {Solve for FP angular flux};
    \node [LO, above of=MFP, node distance=4cm] (moments) {Convert angular flux to moments};
    \node [block, right of=decide, node distance=4cm] (stop) {Stop};

    \path [line] (init) -- (transport);
    \path [line] (transport) -- (decide);
    \path [line] (decide) -- node {no} (dterm);
    \path [line] (dterm) -- (MFP);
    \path [line] (MFP) -- (moments);
    \path [line] (moments) -- (transport);
    \path [line] (decide) -- node {yes}(stop);
\end{tikzpicture}
\caption{NFPA algorithm}
\label{Nalgorithm}
\end{figure}

\section{Numerical Experiments}\label{sec3}

In \cref{sec31} we describe the discretization methods used to implement the algorithms.
In \cref{sec32} we provide numerical results for 2 different choices of source $Q$ and boundary conditions.
For each choice we solve the problem using 3 different scattering kernels, applying 3 different choices of parameters for each kernel.
We provide NFPA numerical results for these 18 cases and compare them against those obtained from FPSA and other standard methods.

All numerical experiments were performed using MATLAB.
Runtime was tracked using the tic-toc functionality \cite{matlab17}, with
only the solver runtime being taken into consideration in the comparisons.
A 2017 MacBook Pro with a 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 and 16 GB of RAM was used for all simulations.

\subsection{Discretization}\label{sec31}

The Transport and FP equations were discretized using linear discontinuous finite element discretization in space \cite{mpd1}, and discrete ordinates (S$_N$) in angle \cite{landm}.
The Fokker-Planck operator $\mathcal{F}$ was discretized using moment preserving discretization (MPD) \cite{mpd1}.
Details of the derivation of the linear discontinuous finite element discretization can be seen in \cite{japanDiss,martin}.
The finite element discretization for the  Fokker-Planck equation follows the same derivation.

A brief review for the angular discretization used for the FP equation is given below.
First, we use Gauss-Legendre quadrature to discretize the FP equation in angle:
\begin{equation}
\mu_n\frac{\partial \psi_n(x)}{\partial x} + \sigma_a \psi_n(x) - \frac{\sigma_{tr}}{2}\nabla^2_n \psi_n(x) =  Q_n(x),
\end{equation}
for $n=1,..,N$.
Here, $\nabla^2_n$ term is the discrete form of the angular Laplacian operator evaluated at angle $n$.

The MPD scheme is then shown as
\begin{equation}
\nabla^2_n \psi_n = M \psi_n = V^{-1} L V \psi_n,
\end{equation}
where $M$ is the MPD discretized operator defined by
\begin{subequations}
\begin{equation}
V_{i,j} = P_{i-1}(\mu_j)w_j,
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
L_{i,j} = -i(i-1),
\end{equation}
\end{subequations}
for $i,j=1,...,N$.
Here, $P_l(\mu_j)$ are the Legendre polynomials evaluated at each angle $\mu_j$ and $w_j$ are the respective weights.
$M$ is defined as a (N x N) operator for a vector of $N$ angular fluxes $ \psi(x)$, at spatial location $x$.

In summary, if we write the FP equation as
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{H} \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial x}(x) + \sigma_a \psi(x) - \mathcal{F} \psi(x) =  Q(x),
\end{equation}
then $\mathcal{H}$ is Diag$(\mu_n)$ for $n=1,...,N$, $Q(x)$ is a vector of source terms $Q_n(x)$, and $\mathcal{F}$ is represented by $\frac{\sigma_{tr}}{2}M$.

\subsection{Numerical Results}\label{sec32}

It is shown that for slowly converging problems, typical convergence methods like $L_\infty$ suffer from false convergence \cite{adamslarsen}.
To work around this issue, the criterion is modified to use information about the current and previous iteration:
\begin{equation}
\label{falseconverge}
\frac{|| \phi^{m}_0(x) - \phi^{m-1}_0(x) ||_2}{1-\frac{|| \phi^{m+1}_0(x) - \phi^{m}_0(x) ||_2}{|| \phi^{m}_0(x) - \phi^{m-1}_0(x) ||_2}} < 10^{-8}.
\end{equation}

Two problems were tested using 200 spatial cells, $X$ = 400, $\sigma_a = 0$, $L$ = 15, and $N$ = 16.
Problem 1 has vacuum boundaries and a homogeneous isotropic source $Q$ for $0 < x < X$.
Problem 2 has no internal source and an incoming beam at the left boundary. The source and boundary conditions used are shown in \cref{parameters}.
\begin{table}[H]
\begin{center}
\scalebox{0.9}{
\begin{tabular}{c | c | c} \hline
& Problem 1 & Problem 2 \\ \hline \hline
Q(x) & 0.5 & 0 \\
$\psi_L$ & 0 & $\delta(\mu - \mu_N)$  \\
$\psi_R$ & 0 & 0 \\
\end{tabular}}
\end{center}
\caption{Problem Parameters}
\label{parameters}
\end{table}
We consider three scattering kernels in this paper: Screened Rutherford \cite{pomraning1}, Exponential \cite{pomraning2}, and Henyey-Greenstein \cite{HGK}.
Three cases for each kernel were tested.
The results obtained with NFPA are compared with those obtained using GMRES, DSA, and FPSA with the MPD scheme.

\subsubsection{SRK: Screened Rutherford Kernel}

The Screened Rutherford Kernel \cite{pomraning1, JapanFPSA} is a widely used scattering kernel for modeling scattering behavior of electrons \cite{SRK}.
The kernel depends on the parameter $\eta$, such that
\begin{equation}
\sigma^{SRK}_{s,l} = \sigma_s  \int_{-1}^{1} d\mu P_l(\mu) \frac{\eta (\eta+1)}{(1+2\eta-\mu)^2}.
\end{equation}
The SRK has a valid FP limit as $\eta$ approaches 0 \cite{patelFBR}. Three different values of $\eta$ were used to generate the scattering kernels shown in \cref{SRK}.
GMRES, DSA, FPSA, and NFPA all converged to the same solution for problems 1 and 2. \Cref{SRK_plots} shows the solutions for SRK with $\eta = 10^{-7}$.
\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
  \includegraphics[scale=0.1,angle=0]{SRK.jpg}
  \caption{Screened Rutherford Kernels}
  \label{SRK}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \subfloat[Problem 1]{{\includegraphics[width=7cm]{s7_iso.jpg} }}
    \qquad
    \subfloat[Problem 2]{{\includegraphics[width=7cm]{s7_beam.jpg} }}
    \caption{Results for SRK Problems with $\eta = 10^{-7}$}
    \label{SRK_plots}
\end{figure}

\begin{table}[H]
\begin{center}
\scalebox{0.8}{
\begin{tabular}{c || c || c || c} \hline
Parameter & Solver & Runtime (s) & Iterations \\ \hline \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\eta = 10^{-5}$} & GMRES & 98.8 & 12 \\
& DSA & 2380 & 53585 \\
& FPSA & 1.21 & 26 \\
& NFPA & 1.39 & 26 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\eta = 10^{-6}$} & GMRES & 208 & 84 \\
& DSA & 3040 & 69156 \\
& FPSA & 0.747 & 16 \\
& NFPA & 0.857 & 16 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\eta = 10^{-7}$} & GMRES & 174 & 124 \\
& DSA & 3270 & 73940 \\
& FPSA & 0.475 & 10 \\
& NFPA & 0.542 & 10 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}}
\end{center}
\caption{Runtime and Iteration Counts for Problem 1 with SRK}
\label{SRKresults1}
\end{table}
\begin{table}[H]
\begin{center}
\scalebox{0.8}{
\begin{tabular}{c || c || c || c} \hline
Parameter & Solver & Runtime (s) & Iterations \\ \hline \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\eta = 10^{-5}$} & GMRES & 52.4 & 187 \\
& DSA & 1107 & 25072 \\
& FPSA & 0.953 & 20 \\
& NFPA & 1.14 & 20 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\eta = 10^{-6}$} & GMRES & 108 & 71 \\
& DSA & 1434 & 32562  \\
& FPSA & 0.730 & 14 \\
& NFPA & 0.857 & 14 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\eta = 10^{-7}$} & GMRES & 94.1 & 185 \\
& DSA & 1470 & 33246 \\
& FPSA & 0.438 & 8 \\
& NFPA & 0.484 & 8 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}}
\end{center}
\caption{Runtime and Iteration Counts for Problem 2 with SRK}
\label{SRKresults2}
\end{table}

The results of all solvers are shown in \cref{SRKresults1,SRKresults2}.
We see that NFPA and FPSA tremendously outperform GMRES and DSA in runtime for all cases.
FPSA is a simpler method than NFPA, requiring less calculations per iteration; therefore, it is expected that it outperforms NFPA in runtime.
We see a reduction in runtime and iterations for FPSA and NFPA as the FP limit is approached, with DSA and GMRES requiring many more iterations by comparison as $\eta$ approaches 0.

An advantage that NFPA offers is that the angular moments of the flux in the LO equation will remain consistent with those of the transport equation even as a problem becomes less forward-peaked.
On the other hand, the moments found using only the FP equation and source iteration lose accuracy.
To illustrate this, Problem 1 was tested using different Screened Rutherford Kernels with increasing $\eta$ parameters.
The percent errors (relative to the transport solution) for the scalar flux obtained with the LO equation and with the standard FP equation at the center of the slab are shown in \cref{momcomp}.
It can be seen that the percent relative errors in the scalar flux of the FP solution is orders of magnitude larger than the error produced using the LO equation.
The same trend can be seen when using the exponential and Henyey-Greenstein kernels.

\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{center}
  \includegraphics[scale=0.15,angle=0]{relerrorlog.jpg}
  \caption{Log Scale of $\%$ Relative Error vs $\eta$ for Problem 1 at the Center of the Slab with SRK}
  \label{momcomp}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\subsubsection{EK: Exponential Kernel}

The exponential kernel \cite{pomraning2, JapanFPSA} is a fictitious kernel made for problems that have a valid Fokker-Planck limit \cite{pomraning1}.
The zero$^{\text{th}}$ moment, $\sigma^{EK}_{s,0}$, is chosen arbitrarily; we define $\sigma^{EK}_{s,0}$ as the same zero$^{\text{th}}$ moment from the SRK.
The $\Delta$ parameter determines the kernel: the first and second moments are given by
\begin{subequations}
\begin{align}
\sigma^{EK}_{s,1} &= \sigma^{EK}_{s,0} (1-\Delta),\\
\sigma^{EK}_{s,2} &= \sigma^{EK}_{s,0} (1-3\Delta+3\Delta^2),
\end{align}
and the relationship for $l\geq 3$ is
\begin{equation}
\sigma^{EK}_{s,l} = \sigma^{EK}_{s,l-2} - \Delta(2l+1) \sigma^{EK}_{s,l-1}.
\end{equation}
\end{subequations}
As $\Delta$ is reduced, the scattering kernel becomes more forward-peaked.

The EK has a valid FP limit as $\Delta$ approaches 0 \cite{patelFBR}.
Three different values of $\Delta$ were used to generate the scattering kernels shown in \cref{EXP}.
The generated scattering kernels are shown in \cref{EXP}.
GMRES, DSA, FPSA, and NFPA all converged to the same solution for problems 1 and 2.
\Cref{EK_plots} shows the solutions for EK with $\Delta = 10^{-7}$.
\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
  \includegraphics[scale=0.1,angle=0]{EXP.jpg}
  \caption{Exponential Kernels}
  \label{EXP}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \subfloat[Problem 1]{{\includegraphics[width=7cm]{dta7_iso.jpg} }}
    \qquad
    \subfloat[Problem 2]{{\includegraphics[width=7cm]{dta7_beam.jpg} }}
    \caption{Results for EK Problems with $\Delta = 10^{-7}$}
    \label{EK_plots}
\end{figure}

The runtimes and iterations for GMRES, DSA, FPSA, and NFPA are shown in \cref{Expresults1,Expresults2}.
We see a similar trend with the EK as seen with SRK.
Smaller $\Delta$ values lead to a reduction in runtime and iterations for NFPA and FPSA, which greatly outperform DSA and GMRES in both categories.

\begin{table}[h]
\begin{center}
\scalebox{0.8}{
\begin{tabular}{c || c || c || c} \hline
Parameter & Solver & Runtime (s) & Iterations \\ \hline \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\Delta = 10^{-5}$} & GMRES & 196 & 142 \\
& DSA & 3110 & 70140 \\
& FPSA & 0.514 & 11 \\
& NFPA & 0.630 & 11 \\\hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\Delta = 10^{-6}$} & GMRES & 156 & 132 \\
& DSA & 3120 & 70758 \\
& FPSA & 0.388 & 7 \\
& NFPA & 0.393 & 7 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\Delta = 10^{-7}$} & GMRES & 81 & 127 \\
& DSA & 3120 & 70851  \\
& FPSA & 0.292 & 6 \\
& NFPA & 0.318 & 6 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}}
\end{center}
\caption{Runtime and Iteration Counts for Problem 1 with EK}
\label{Expresults1}
\end{table}
\begin{table}[h]
\begin{center}
\scalebox{0.8}{
\begin{tabular}{c || c || c || c} \hline
Parameter & Solver & Runtime (s) & Iterations \\ \hline \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\Delta = 10^{-5}$} & GMRES & 110 & 73 \\
& DSA & 1455 & 33033 \\
& FPSA & 0.492 & 10 \\
& NFPA & 0.613 & 10 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\Delta = 10^{-6}$} & GMRES & 82.7 & 79 \\
& DSA & 1470 & 33309 \\
& FPSA & 0.358 & 7 \\
& NFPA & 0.431 & 7 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$\Delta = 10^{-7}$} & GMRES & 56.8 & 90 \\
& DSA & 1470 & 33339 \\
& FPSA & 0.273 & 5 \\
& NFPA & 0.319 & 5 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}}
\end{center}
\caption{Runtime and Iteration Counts for Problem 2 with EK}
\label{Expresults2}
\end{table}

\subsubsection{HGK: Henyey-Greenstein Kernel}

The Henyey-Greenstein Kernel \cite{HGK,JapanFPSA} is most commonly used in light transport in clouds.
It relies on the anisotropy factor $g$, such that
\begin{equation}
\sigma^{HGK}_{s,l} = \sigma_s g^l.
\end{equation}
As $g$ goes from zero to unity, the scattering shifts from isotropic to highly anisotropic.
\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{center}
  \includegraphics[scale=0.1,angle=0]{HGK.jpg}
  \caption{Henyey-Greenstein Kernels}
  \label{HGK}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \subfloat[Problem 1]{{\includegraphics[width=7cm]{g099_iso.jpg} }}
    \qquad
    \subfloat[Problem 2]{{\includegraphics[width=7cm]{g099_beam.jpg} }}
    \caption{Results for HGK Problems with $g = 0.99$}
    \label{HGK_plots}
\end{figure}

The HGK does not have a valid FP limit \cite{patelFBR}.
The three kernels tested are shown in \cref{HGK}.
GMRES, DSA, FPSA, and NFPA all converged to the same solution for problems 1 and 2.
\Cref{HGK_plots} shows the solutions for HGK with $g = 0.99$.
The results of each solver are shown in \cref{HGKresults1,HGKresults2}.
\begin{table}[h]
\begin{center}
\scalebox{0.8}{
\begin{tabular}{c || c || c || c} \hline
Parameter & Solver & Runtime (s) & Iterations \\ \hline \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$g=0.9$} & GMRES & 9.88 & 76 \\
& DSA & 24.5 & 554 \\
& FPSA & 1.50 & 32 \\
& NFPA & 1.39 & 27 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$g=0.95$} & GMRES & 12.2 & 131 \\
& DSA & 47.7 & 1083 \\
& FPSA & 1.75 & 38 \\
& NFPA & 1.83 & 35 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$g=0.99$} & GMRES & 40.0 & 27 \\
& DSA & 243 & 5530  \\
& FPSA & 3.38 & 74 \\
& NFPA & 3.93 & 73 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}}
\end{center}
\caption{Runtime and Iteration Counts for Problem 1 with HGK}
\label{HGKresults1}
\end{table}
\begin{table}[h]
\begin{center}
\scalebox{0.8}{
\begin{tabular}{c || c || c || c} \hline
Parameter & Solver & Runtime (s) & Iterations \\ \hline \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$g=0.9$} & GMRES & 24.3 & 135 \\
& DSA & 14.8 & 336  \\
& FPSA & 1.15 & 23 \\
& NFPA & 1.35 & 24 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$g=0.95$} & GMRES & 31.3 & 107 \\
& DSA & 29.7 & 675 \\
& FPSA & 1.56 & 32 \\
& NFPA & 1.90 & 33 \\ \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{$g=0.99$} & GMRES & 41.4 & 126 \\
& DSA & 146 & 3345 \\
& FPSA & 3.31 & 67 \\
& NFPA & 3.99 & 67 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}}
\end{center}
\caption{Runtime and Iteration Counts for Problem 2 with HGK}
\label{HGKresults2}
\end{table}

Here we see that NFPA and FPSA do not perform as well compared to their results for the SRK and EK.
Contrary to what happened in those cases, both solvers require more time and iterations as the problem becomes more anisotropic.
This is somewhat expected, due to HGK not having a valid Fokker-Planck limit.
However, both NFPA and FPSA continue to greatly outperform GMRES and DSA.
Moreover, NFPA outperforms FPSA in iteration count for problem 1.

\section{Discussion}\label{sec4}

This paper introduced the Nonlinear Fokker-Planck Acceleration technique for steady-state, monoenergetic transport in homogeneous slab geometry.
To our knowledge, this is the first nonlinear HOLO method that accelerates \textit{all $L$ moments} of the angular flux.
Upon convergence, the LO and HO models are consistent; in other words, the (lower-order) modified Fokker-Planck equation \textit{preserves the same angular moments} of the flux obtained with the (higher-order) transport equation.

NFPA was tested on a homogeneous medium with an isotropic internal source with vacuum boundaries, and in a homogeneous medium with no internal source and an incoming beam boundary.
For both problems, three different scattering kernels were used.
The runtime and iterations of NFPA and FPSA were shown to be similar.
They both vastly outperformed DSA and GMRES for all cases by orders of magnitude.
However, NFPA has the feature of preserving the angular moments of the flux in both the HO and LO equations, which offers the advantage of integrating the LO model into multiphysics models.

In the future, we intend to test NFPA capabilities for a variety of multiphysics problems and analyze its performance.
To apply NFPA to more realistic problems, it needs to be extended to include time and energy dependence.
Additionally, the method needs to be adapted to address geometries with higher-order spatial dimensions.
Finally, for the NFPA method to become mathematically ``complete", a full convergence examination using Fourier analysis must be performed.
However, this is beyond the scope of this paper and must be left for future work.

\section*{Acknowledgements}

The authors acknowledge support under award number NRC-HQ-84-15-G-0024 from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

J.~K. Patel would like to thank Dr.~James Warsa for his wonderful transport class at UNM, as well as his synthetic acceleration codes.
The authors would also like to thank Dr.~Anil Prinja for discussions involving Fokker-Planck acceleration.

Answer: NFPA and FPSA greatly outperform GMRES and DSA.