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Saunders develops mathematical methods for solving large-scale constrained optimization problems and large systems of equations. He also implements such methods as general-purpose software to allow their use in many areas of engineering, science, and business. He is co-developer of the large-scale optimizers MINOS, SNOPT, SQOPT, PDCO, the dense QP and NLP solvers LSSOL, QPOPT, NPSOL, and the linear equation solvers SYMMLQ, MINRES, MINRES-QLP, LSQR, LSMR, LSRN, LUSOL.

Academic Appointments


  • Professor (Research), Management Science and Engineering

Honors & Awards


  • Orchard-Hays Prize, MPS (1985)
  • Highly Cited Researcher, Computer Science, ISI (2004)
  • Highly Cited Researcher, Mathematics, ISI (2007)
  • Honorary Fellow, RSNZ (2007)
  • Linear Algebra Prize, SIAM (2012)
  • Invention Hall of Fame, Stanford University (2012)
  • Fellow, SIAM (2013)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations


  • Member, ACM (1982 - Present)
  • Member, INFORMS (2010 - Present)
  • Member, ORSNZ (1990 - Present)
  • Member, SIAM (1980 - Present)
  • Associate Editor, ACM TOMS (1982 - 2004)
  • Associate Editor, SIAM Journal on Optimization (1989 - 2002)
  • Associate Editor, OPTE (1999 - Present)
  • Associate Editor, NACO (2010 - Present)

Professional Education


  • B.Sc. (Hons), Canterbury, Mathematics (1965)
  • MS, Stanford University, Computer Science (1970)
  • PhD, Stanford University, Computer Science (1972)

2015-16 Courses


All Publications


  • Laplace inversion of low-resolution NMR relaxometry data using sparse representation methods Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A Berman, P., Levi, O., Parmet, Y., Saunders, M., Wiesman, Z. 2013; 42A:3: 72-88
  • Novel 1H low field nuclear magnetic resonance applications for the field of biodiesel Biotechnologyfor Biofuels Berman, P., Leshem, A., Etziony, O., Levi, O., Parmet, Y., Saunders, M., Wiesman, Z. 2013; 6:55: 20
  • LSRN: a parallel iterative solver for strongly over- or under-determined systems SIAM J. Sci. Comp. Meng, X., Saunders, M. A., Mahoney, M. W. 2013; 36 (2): C95-C118
  • A variational principle for computing nonequilibrium fluxes and potentials in genome-scale biochemical networks JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY Fleming, R. M., MAES, C. M., Saunders, M. A., Ye, Y., Palsson, B. O. 2012; 292: 71-77

    Abstract

    We derive a convex optimization problem on a steady-state nonequilibrium network of biochemical reactions, with the property that energy conservation and the second law of thermodynamics both hold at the problem solution. This suggests a new variational principle for biochemical networks that can be implemented in a computationally tractable manner. We derive the Lagrange dual of the optimization problem and use strong duality to demonstrate that a biochemical analogue of Tellegen's theorem holds at optimality. Each optimal flux is dependent on a free parameter that we relate to an elementary kinetic parameter when mass action kinetics is assumed.

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.09.029

    View details for Web of Science ID 000297450100008

    View details for PubMedID 21983269

  • LSMR: AN ITERATIVE ALGORITHM FOR SPARSE LEAST-SQUARES PROBLEMS SIAM JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING Fong, D. C., Saunders, M. 2011; 33 (5): 2950-2971
  • SNOPT: An SQP algorithm for large-scaleconstrained optimization, SIGEST article SIAM Rev. Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A. 2005; 1 (47): 99-131
  • Atomic decomposition by basis pursuit, SIGEST article SIAM Rev. Chen, S., S., Donoho, D., L., Saunders, M., A. 2001; 1 (43): 129-159
  • A Practical Factorization of a Schur Complement for PDE-Constrained Distributed Optimal Control JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING Choi, Y., Farhat, C., Murray, W., Saunders, M. 2015; 65 (2): 576-597
  • Systems biology definition of the core proteome of metabolism and expression is consistent with high-throughput data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Yang, L., Tan, J., O'Brien, E. J., Monk, J. M., Kim, D., Li, H. J., Charusanti, P., Ebrahim, A., Lloyd, C. J., Yurkovich, J. T., Du, B., Dräger, A., Thomas, A., Sun, Y., Saunders, M. A., Palsson, B. O. 2015; 112 (34): 10810-10815

    Abstract

    Finding the minimal set of gene functions needed to sustain life is of both fundamental and practical importance. Minimal gene lists have been proposed by using comparative genomics-based core proteome definitions. A definition of a core proteome that is supported by empirical data, is understood at the systems-level, and provides a basis for computing essential cell functions is lacking. Here, we use a systems biology-based genome-scale model of metabolism and expression to define a functional core proteome consisting of 356 gene products, accounting for 44% of the Escherichia coli proteome by mass based on proteomics data. This systems biology core proteome includes 212 genes not found in previous comparative genomics-based core proteome definitions, accounts for 65% of known essential genes in E. coli, and has 78% gene function overlap with minimal genomes (Buchnera aphidicola and Mycoplasma genitalium). Based on transcriptomics data across environmental and genetic backgrounds, the systems biology core proteome is significantly enriched in nondifferentially expressed genes and depleted in differentially expressed genes. Compared with the noncore, core gene expression levels are also similar across genetic backgrounds (two times higher Spearman rank correlation) and exhibit significantly more complex transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulatory features (40% more transcription start sites per gene, 22% longer 5'UTR). Thus, genome-scale systems biology approaches rigorously identify a functional core proteome needed to support growth. This framework, validated by using high-throughput datasets, facilitates a mechanistic understanding of systems-level core proteome function through in silico models; it de facto defines a paleome.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1501384112

    View details for PubMedID 26261351

  • Systems biology definition of the core proteome of metabolism and expression is consistent with high-throughput data PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Yang, L., Tan, J., O'Brien, E. J., Monk, J. M., Kim, D., Li, H. J., Charusanti, P., Ebrahim, A., Lloyd, C. J., Yurkovich, J. T., Du, B., Draeger, A., Thomas, A., Sun, Y., Saunders, M. A., Palsson, B. O. 2015; 112 (34): 10810-10815
  • Sparse least squares by conjugate gradients: a comparison of preconditioning methods M. edited by J. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  • Algorithm 937: MINRES-QLP for Symmetric and Hermitian Linear Equations and Least-Squares Problems ACM TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE Choi, S. T., Saunders, M. A. 2014; 40 (2)

    View details for DOI 10.1145/2527267

    View details for Web of Science ID 000333653400008

  • PROXIMAL NEWTON-TYPE METHODS FOR MINIMIZING COMPOSITE FUNCTIONS SIAM JOURNAL ON OPTIMIZATION Lee, J. D., Sun, Y., Saunders, M. A. 2014; 24 (3): 1420-1443

    View details for DOI 10.1137/130921428

    View details for Web of Science ID 000343229000019

  • LSRN: A PARALLEL ITERATIVE SOLVER FOR STRONGLY OVER- OR UNDERDETERMINED SYSTEMS SIAM JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING Meng, X., Saunders, M. A., Mahoney, M. W. 2014; 36 (2): C95-C118

    View details for DOI 10.1137/120866580

    View details for Web of Science ID 000335817600030

  • Robust flux balance analysis of multiscale biochemical reaction networks BMC BIOINFORMATICS Sun, Y., Fleming, R. M., Thiele, I., Saunders, M. A. 2013; 14

    Abstract

    Biological processes such as metabolism, signaling, and macromolecular synthesis can be modeled as large networks of biochemical reactions. Large and comprehensive networks, like integrated networks that represent metabolism and macromolecular synthesis, are inherently multiscale because reaction rates can vary over many orders of magnitude. They require special methods for accurate analysis because naive use of standard optimization systems can produce inaccurate or erroneously infeasible results.We describe techniques enabling off-the-shelf optimization software to compute accurate solutions to the poorly scaled optimization problems arising from flux balance analysis of multiscale biochemical reaction networks. We implement lifting techniques for flux balance analysis within the openCOBRA toolbox and demonstrate our techniques using the first integrated reconstruction of metabolism and macromolecular synthesis for E. coli.Our techniques enable accurate flux balance analysis of multiscale networks using off-the-shelf optimization software. Although we describe lifting techniques in the context of flux balance analysis, our methods can be used to handle a variety of optimization problems arising from analysis of multiscale network reconstructions.

    View details for DOI 10.1186/1471-2105-14-240

    View details for Web of Science ID 000322915900001

    View details for PubMedID 23899245

  • Equispaced Pareto front construction for constrained bi-objective optimization MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELLING Pereyra, V., Saunders, M., Castillo, J. 2013; 57 (9-10): 2122-2131
  • Robust flux balance analysis of multiscale biochemical reaction networks BMC Bioinformatics Fleming, R. M., Saunders, M. A. 2013; 14:240: 6
  • CG versus MINRES: An empirical comparison SQUJournal for Science Fong, D., C.-L., Saunders, M., A. 2012; 17:1: 44-62
  • A Higher-Order Generalized Singular Value Decomposition for Comparison of Global mRNA Expression from Multiple Organisms PLOS ONE Ponnapalli, S. P., Saunders, M. A., Van Loan, C. F., Alter, O. 2011; 6 (12)

    Abstract

    The number of high-dimensional datasets recording multiple aspects of a single phenomenon is increasing in many areas of science, accompanied by a need for mathematical frameworks that can compare multiple large-scale matrices with different row dimensions. The only such framework to date, the generalized singular value decomposition (GSVD), is limited to two matrices. We mathematically define a higher-order GSVD (HO GSVD) for N?2 matrices D(i)?R(m(i) × n), each with full column rank. Each matrix is exactly factored as D(i)=U(i)?(i)V(T), where V, identical in all factorizations, is obtained from the eigensystem SV=V? of the arithmetic mean S of all pairwise quotients A(i)A(j)(-1) of the matrices A(i)=D(i)(T)D(i), i?j. We prove that this decomposition extends to higher orders almost all of the mathematical properties of the GSVD. The matrix S is nondefective with V and ? real. Its eigenvalues satisfy ?(k)?1. Equality holds if and only if the corresponding eigenvector v(k) is a right basis vector of equal significance in all matrices D(i) and D(j), that is ?(i,k)/?(j,k)=1 for all i and j, and the corresponding left basis vector u(i,k) is orthogonal to all other vectors in U(i) for all i. The eigenvalues ?(k)=1, therefore, define the "common HO GSVD subspace." We illustrate the HO GSVD with a comparison of genome-scale cell-cycle mRNA expression from S. pombe, S. cerevisiae and human. Unlike existing algorithms, a mapping among the genes of these disparate organisms is not required. We find that the approximately common HO GSVD subspace represents the cell-cycle mRNA expression oscillations, which are similar among the datasets. Simultaneous reconstruction in the common subspace, therefore, removes the experimental artifacts, which are dissimilar, from the datasets. In the simultaneous sequence-independent classification of the genes of the three organisms in this common subspace, genes of highly conserved sequences but significantly different cell-cycle peak times are correctly classified.

    View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0028072

    View details for Web of Science ID 000299684700003

    View details for PubMedID 22216090

  • MINRES-QLP: A KRYLOV SUBSPACE METHOD FOR INDEFINITE OR SINGULAR SYMMETRIC SYSTEMS SIAM JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING Choi, S. T., Paige, C. C., Saunders, M. A. 2011; 33 (4): 1810-1836

    View details for DOI 10.1137/100787921

    View details for Web of Science ID 000294293200016

  • Nonconservative Robust Control: Optimized and Constrained Sensitivity Functions IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY Fransson, C., Wik, T., Lennartson, B., Saunders, M., Gutman, P. 2009; 17 (2): 298-308
  • STABILIZING POLICY IMPROVEMENT FOR LARGE-SCALE INFINITE-HORIZON DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING SIAM JOURNAL ON MATRIX ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS O'Sullivan, M. J., Saunders, M. A. 2009; 31 (2): 434-459

    View details for DOI 10.1137/060653305

    View details for Web of Science ID 000267745500012

  • Variational Bayesian image restoration based on a product of t-distributions image prior IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING Chantas, G., Galatsanos, N., Likas, A., Saunders, M. 2008; 17 (10): 1795-1805

    Abstract

    Image priors based on products have been recognized to offer many advantages because they allow simultaneous enforcement of multiple constraints. However, they are inconvenient for Bayesian inference because it is hard to find their normalization constant in closed form. In this paper, a new Bayesian algorithm is proposed for the image restoration problem that bypasses this difficulty. An image prior is defined by imposing Student-t densities on the outputs of local convolutional filters. A variational methodology, with a constrained expectation step, is used to infer the restored image. Numerical experiments are shown that compare this methodology to previous ones and demonstrate its advantages.

    View details for DOI 10.1109/TIP.2008.2002828

    View details for Web of Science ID 000259372100005

    View details for PubMedID 18784028

  • George B. Dantzig and systems optimization DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Tomlin, J. A., Wright, M. H. 2008; 5 (2): 151-158
  • Discussion: The Dantzig selector: Statistical estimation when p is much larger than n ANNALS OF STATISTICS Friedlander, M. P., Saunders, M. A. 2007; 35 (6): 2385-2391
  • Commentary on Methods for modifying matrix factorizations Milestones in Matrix Computation: Selected Works of Gene H. Golub With Commentaries Saunders, M., A. edited by Chan, R., H., Greif, C., O'Leary, D., P. Oxford University Press. 2007: 310-310
  • SpaseLoc: An adaptive subproblem algorithm for scalable wireless sensor network localization SIAM JOURNAL ON OPTIMIZATION Carter, M. W., Jin, H. H., Saunders, M. A., Ye, Y. 2006; 17 (4): 1102-1128

    View details for DOI 10.1137/040621600

    View details for Web of Science ID 000244631800007

  • SNOPT: An SQP algorithm for large-scale constrained optimization (Reprinted from SIAM Journal Optimization, vol 12, pg 979-1006, 2002) SIAM REVIEW Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A. 2005; 47 (1): 99-131
  • A globally convergent linearly constrained Lagrangian method for nonlinear optimization SIAM JOURNAL ON OPTIMIZATION Friedlander, M. P., Saunders, M. A. 2005; 15 (3): 863-897
  • Sparsity and smoothness via the fused lasso JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES B-STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY Tibshirani, R., Saunders, M., Rosset, S., Zhu, J., Knight, K. 2005; 67: 91-108
  • A bisection algorithm for the mixed mu upper bound and its supremum PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2004 AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-6 Fransson, C. M., Saunders, M. A. 2004: 2665-2670
  • Subspace preconditioned LSQR for discrete ill-posed problems Jacobsen, M., Hansen, P. C., Saunders, M. A. SPRINGER. 2003: 975-989
  • SNOPT: An SQP algorithm for large-scale constrained optimization SIAM JOURNAL ON OPTIMIZATION Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A. 2002; 12 (4): 979-1006
  • Global controller optimization using Horowitz bounds Fransson, C., M., Lennartson, B., Wik, T., Holmstrom, K., Saunders, M., Gutman, P., O. 2002
  • Atomic decomposition by basis pursuit SIAM REVIEW Chen, S. S., Donoho, D. L., Saunders, M. A. 2001; 43 (1): 129-159
  • Atomic decomposition by basis pursuit SIAM JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING Chen, S. S., Donoho, D. L., Saunders, M. A. 1998; 20 (1): 33-61
  • SNOPT: A Fortran software package to solve large-scale optimization problems Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A. 1998
  • OSSE mapping of galactic 511 keV positron annihilation line emission ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL Purcell, W. R., Cheng, L. X., Dixon, D. D., Kinzer, R. L., Kurfess, J. D., Leventhal, M., Saunders, M. A., Skibo, J. G., Smith, D. M., Tueller, J. 1997; 491 (2): 725-748
  • Computing projections with LSQR BIT NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS Saunders, M. A. 1997; 37 (1): 96-104
  • Non-parametric estimates of high energy gamma-ray source distributions PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH COMPTON SYMPOSIUM, PTS 1 AND 2 Dixon, D. D., Kolaczyk, E. D., Samimi, J., Saunders, M. A. 1997: 1601-1605
  • Cholesky-based methods for sparse least squares: The benefits of regularization Saunders, M. A. SIAM. 1996: 92-100
  • SQP methods for large-scale optimization Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A. 1996
  • On the stability of Cholesky factorization for symmetric quasidefinite systems SIAM JOURNAL ON MATRIX ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS Gill, P. E., Saunders, M. A., Shinnerl, J. R. 1996; 17 (1): 35-46
  • Solution of sparse rectangular systems using LSQR and Craig BIT NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS Saunders, M. A. 1995; 35 (4): 588-604
  • Primal-dual methods for linear programming MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING Gill, P. E., Murray, W., PONCELEON, D. B., Saunders, M. A. 1995; 70 (3): 251-277
  • A PRACTICAL INTERIOR-POINT METHOD FOR CONVEX-PROGRAMMING SIAM JOURNAL ON OPTIMIZATION Jarre, F., Saunders, M. A. 1995; 5 (1): 149-171
  • MINOS(IIS) version 4.2: Analyzing infeasibilities inlinear programming Eur. J. Oper. Res. Chinneck, J., W., Saunders, M., A. 1995; 81: 217-218
  • Fortran software for optimization Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A. 1995
  • THE SIMPLEX ALGORITHM WITH A NEW PRIMAL AND DUAL PIVOT RULE OPERATIONS RESEARCH LETTERS Chen, H. D., Pardalos, P. M., Saunders, M. A. 1994; 16 (3): 121-127
  • SOLVING REDUCED KKT SYSTEMS IN BARRIER METHODS FOR LINEAR-PROGRAMMING Gill, P. E., Murray, W., PONCELEON, D. B., Saunders, M. A. LONGMAN SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL. 1994: 89-104
  • Fortran software for optimization PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1995 NSF DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING GRANTEES CONFERENCE Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A. 1994: 31-32
  • Large-scale SQP methods and their applicationin trajectory optimization Control Applications of Opti-mization Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A. edited by Bulirsch, R., Kraft, D. Birkhauser Verlag, Basel,Boston, Stuttgart. 1994: 29-42
  • Solving reduced KKT systems in barrier methods for linear programming Numerical Analysis 1993 Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Ponceleon, D., B., Saunders, M., A. edited by Watson, G., A., Grffiths, D. Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics 303, Longmans Press. 1994: 89-104
  • Major Cholesky would feel proud ORSA J. Comput. Saunders, M., A. 1994; 6: 23-27
  • PRECONDITIONERS FOR INDEFINITE SYSTEMS ARISING IN OPTIMIZATION SIAM JOURNAL ON MATRIX ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS Gill, P. E., Murray, W., PONCELEON, D. B., Saunders, M. A. 1992; 13 (1): 292-311
  • Some theoretical properties of an augmented Lagrangian merit function Advances in Optimization and Parallel Computing Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Pardalos, P., M. North-Holland, Amsterdam. 1992: 101-128
  • The applicationof nonlinear programming and collocation to optimal aeroassisted orbital transfers Shi, Y., Y., Nelson, R., Young, D., H., Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A. 1992
  • A BLOCK-LU UPDATE FOR LARGE-SCALE LINEAR-PROGRAMMING SIAM JOURNAL ON MATRIX ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS ELDERSVELD, S. K., Saunders, M. A. 1992; 13 (1): 191-201
  • INERTIA-CONTROLLING METHODS FOR GENERAL QUADRATIC-PROGRAMMING SIAM REVIEW Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1991; 33 (1): 1-36
  • An adaptive primal-dual method for linear programming Math.Prog. Soc., Committee on Algorithms Newsletter Jarre, F., Saunders, M., A. 1991; 19: 7-16
  • A Schur-complement method forsparse quadratic programming Reliable Numerical Computation Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Cox, M., G., Hammarling, S. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York. 1990: 113-138
  • A PRACTICAL ANTICYCLING PROCEDURE FOR LINEARLY CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1989; 45 (3): 437-474
  • Constrained nonlinear programming Optimization Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Nemhauser, G., L., G., A., H., Kan, R. North-Holland, Amsterdam. 1989: 171-210
  • 2 CONJUGATE-GRADIENT-TYPE METHODS FOR UNSYMMETRIC LINEAR-EQUATIONS SIAM JOURNAL ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS Saunders, M. A., Simon, H. D., YIP, E. L. 1988; 25 (4): 927-940
  • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1988; 22 (2-3): 257-270
  • Two conjugate-gradient-type methods forunsymmetric linear equations SIAM J. Numer. Anal. Saunders, M., A., Simon, H., D., Yip, E., L. 1988; 25: 927-940
  • GAMS/MINOS GAMS: A User's Guide Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Murtagh, B., A., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Brooke, A., Kendrick, D., Meeraus, A. The Scientic Press. 1988: 201- 224
  • MAINTAINING LU FACTORS OF A GENERAL SPARSE-MATRIX LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1987; 88-9: 239-270
  • ON PROJECTED NEWTON BARRIER METHODS FOR LINEAR-PROGRAMMING AND AN EQUIVALENCE TO KARMARKAR PROJECTIVE METHOD MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Tomlin, J. A., Wright, M. H. 1986; 36 (2): 183-209
  • CONSIDERATIONS OF NUMERICAL-ANALYSIS IN A SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC-PROGRAMMING METHOD LECTURE NOTES IN MATHEMATICS Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1986; 1230: 46-62
  • Considerations of numerical analysis in sequential quadratic programming methods Numerical Analysis Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Hennart, J., P. Springer-Verlag, New York and London. 1986: 46-62
  • PROPERTIES OF A REPRESENTATION OF A BASIS FOR THE NULL SPACE MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Stewart, G. W., Wright, M. H. 1985; 33 (2): 172-186
  • Software and its relationship tomethods Numerical Optimization 1984 Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Boggs, P., T., Byrd, R., H., B., R. SIAM, Philadelphia. 1985: 139-159
  • Model building and practical aspects of nonlinear programming Computational Mathematical Programming Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Schittkowski, K. NATO ASI, Springer-Verlag,Berlin and New York. 1985: 209-247
  • AQUIFER RECLAMATION DESIGN - THE USE OF CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT SIMULATION COMBINED WITH NONLINEAR-PROGRAMMING WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH Gorelick, S. M., Voss, C. I., Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1984; 20 (4): 415-427
  • Sequential quadratic programming methods for nonlinear programming Computer Aided Analysis and Optimization of Mechanical System Dynamics Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Haug, E., J. NATO ASI. 1984: 679-697
  • TRENDS IN NONLINEAR-PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1984; 17 (2): 141-149
  • A WEIGHTED GRAM-SCHMIDT METHOD FOR CONVEX QUADRATIC-PROGRAMMING MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING Gill, P. E., Gould, N. I., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1984; 30 (2): 176-195
  • PROCEDURES FOR OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS WITH A MIXTURE OF BOUNDS AND GENERAL LINEAR CONSTRAINTS ACM TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1984; 10 (3): 282-298
  • SPARSE-MATRIX METHODS IN OPTIMIZATION SIAM JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICAL COMPUTING Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1984; 5 (3): 562-589
  • COMPUTING FORWARD-DIFFERENCE INTERVALS FOR NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION SIAM JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICAL COMPUTING Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1983; 4 (2): 310-321
  • ALGORITHM-583 - LSQR - SPARSE LINEAR-EQUATIONS AND LEAST-SQUARES PROBLEMS ACM TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE Paige, C. C., Saunders, M. A. 1982; 8 (2): 195-209
  • Software for constrained optimization Nonlinear Optimization 1981 Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Powell, M. J., D. Academic Press, London and New York. 1982: 381-393
  • Linearly constrained optimization Nonlinear Optimization 1981 Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Powell, M. J., D. Academic Press, London and NewYork. 1982: 123-139
  • LSQR - AN ALGORITHM FOR SPARSE LINEAR-EQUATIONS AND SPARSE LEAST-SQUARES ACM TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE Paige, C. C., Saunders, M. A. 1982; 8 (1): 43-71
  • A PROJECTED LAGRANGIAN ALGORITHM AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION FOR SPARSE NON-LINEAR CONSTRAINTS MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING STUDY Murtagh, B. A., Saunders, M. A. 1982; 16 (MAR): 84-117
  • A NOTE ON A SUFFICIENT-DECREASE CRITERION FOR A NON-DERIVATIVE STEP-LENGTH PROCEDURE MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1982; 23 (3): 349-352
  • ASPECTS OF MATHEMATICAL-MODELING RELATED TO OPTIMIZATION APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A., Wright, M. H. 1981; 5 (2): 71-83
  • QP-based methods for large-scale nonlinearly constrained optimization Nonlinear Programming 4 Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Mangasarian, O., L., Meyer, R., R., M., S. Academic Press London and New York. 1981: 57-98
  • A numerical investigation of ellipsoid algorithms for large-scale linear programming Large-scale Linear Programming Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Dantzig, G., B., Dempster, M., A.H., Kallio, M. axenburg, Austria. 1981: 487-509
  • TOWARDS A GENERALIZED SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION SIAM JOURNAL ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS Paige, C. C., Saunders, M. A. 1981; 18 (3): 398-405
  • Methods for large-scale nonlinear optimization Electric PowerProblems: The Mathematical Challenge Gill, P., E., Murray, W., Saunders, M., A., Wright, M., H. edited by Erisman, A., M., Neves, K., W., Dwarakanath, M., H. SIAM, Philadelphia. 1980: 352-377
  • Sparse least squares by conjugate gradients: a comparison of preconditioning methods Saunders, M., A. 1979
  • LARGE-SCALE LINEARLY CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING Murtagh, B. A., Saunders, M. A. 1978; 14 (1): 41-72
  • LEAST-SQUARES ESTIMATION OF DISCRETE LINEAR DYNAMIC-SYSTEMS USING ORTHOGONAL TRANSFORMATIONS SIAM JOURNAL ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS Paige, C. C., Saunders, M. A. 1977; 14 (2): 180-193
  • NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION SUBJECT TO LINEAR-PROGRAMMING CONSTRAINTS Saunders, M. SIAM PUBLICATIONS. 1976: 825-826
  • The complexity of LU updating in the simplex method The Complexity of Computational Problem Solving Saunders, M., A. edited by Brent, R., P. University of Queensland Press. 1976: 214-230
  • A fast, stable implementation of the simplex method using Bartels-Golub updating Sparse Matrix Computations Saunders, M., A. edited by Bunch, J., R., Rose, D., J. Academic Press. 1976: 213-226
  • SOLUTION OF SPARSE INDEFINITE SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS SIAM JOURNAL ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS Paige, C. C., Saunders, M. A. 1975; 12 (4): 617-629
  • METHODS FOR COMPUTING AND MODIFYING LDV FACTORS OF A MATRIX MATHEMATICS OF COMPUTATION Gill, P. E., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A. 1975; 29 (132): 1051-1077
  • Methods for computing and modifying the LDV factors of a matrix Math. Comput. Gill, P. E., Saunders, M. A. 1975; 29: 1051-1077
  • METHODS FOR MODIFYING MATRIX FACTORIZATIONS MATHEMATICS OF COMPUTATION Gill, P. E., Golub, G. H., Murray, W., Saunders, M. A. 1974; 28 (126): 505-535
  • Numerical stability in large-scale linear programming Approximation and Accuracy Saunders, M., A. edited by deHoog, F., R., Jarvis, C., L. University of Queensland Press. 1973: 144-158
  • Descent methods for minimization Optimization Osborne, M., R., Saunders, M., A. edited by Ryan, D., M. University of Queensland Press. 1972: 221-237
  • Linear least squares and quadratic programming Integer and Nonlinear Programming Golub, G., H., Saunders, M., A. edited by Abadie, J. North-Holland, Amsterdam. 1970: 229-256
  • Numerical techniques in mathematical programming Nonlinear Programming Bartels, R., H., Golub, G., H., Saunders, M., A. edited by Rosen, J., B., Mangasarian, O., L., Ritter, K. Academic Press, London and New York. 1970: 123-176