QDNG
Integrates a smooth function using a nonadaptive rule.
Required Arguments
F — User-supplied FUNCTION to be integrated. The form is
F(X), where
X – Independent variable. (Input)
F – The function value. (Output)
F must be declared EXTERNAL in the calling program.
A — Lower limit of integration. (Input)
B — Upper limit of integration. (Input)
RESULT — Estimate of the integral from A to B of F. (Output)
Optional Arguments
ERRABS — Absolute accuracy desired. (Input)
Default: ERRABS = 1.e-3 for single precision and 1.d-8 for double precision.
ERRREL — Relative accuracy desired. (Input)
Default: ERRREL = 1.e-3 for single precision and 1.d-8 for double precision.
ERREST — Estimate of the absolute value of the error. (Output)
FORTRAN 90 Interface
Generic: CALL QDNG (F, A, B, RESULT [])
Specific: The specific interface names are S_QDNG and D_QDNG.
FORTRAN 77 Interface
Single: CALL QDNG (F, A, B, ERRABS, ERRREL, RESULT, ERREST)
Double: The double precision name is DQDNG.
Description
The routine QDNG is designed to integrate smooth functions. This routine implements a nonadaptive quadrature procedure based on nested Paterson rules of order 10, 21, 43, and 87. These rules are positive quadrature rules with degree of accuracy 19, 31, 64, and 130, respectively. The routine QDNG applies these rules successively, estimating the error, until either the error estimate satisfies the user-supplied constraints or the last rule is applied. The routine QDNG is based on the routine QNG by Piessens et al. (1983).
This routine is not very robust, but for certain smooth functions it can be efficient. If QDNG should not perform well, we recommend the use of the IMSL routine QDAGS.
Comments
1. Informational error
Type
Code
Description
4
1
The maximum number of steps allowed have been taken. The integral is too difficult for QDNG.
2. If EXACT is the exact value, QDNG attempts to find RESULT such that ABS(EXACT  RESULT).LE.MAX(ERRABSERRREL * ABS(EXACT)). To specify only a relative error, set ERRABS to zero. Similarly, to specify only an absolute error, set ERRREL to zero.
3. This routine is designed for efficiency, not robustness. If the above error is encountered, try QDAGS.
Example
The value of
is estimated. The values of the actual and estimated error are machine dependent.
 
USE QDNG_INT
USE UMACH_INT
 
IMPLICIT NONE
INTEGER NOUT
REAL A, ABS, B, ERRABS, ERREST, ERROR, EXACT, EXP, &
F, RESULT
INTRINSIC ABS, EXP
EXTERNAL F
! Get output unit number
CALL UMACH (2, NOUT)
! Set limits of integration
A = 0.0
B = 2.0
! Set error tolerances
ERRABS = 0.0
CALL QDNG (F, A, B, RESULT, ERRABS=ERRABS, ERREST=ERREST)
! Print results
EXACT = 1.0 + EXP(2.0)
ERROR = ABS(RESULT-EXACT)
WRITE (NOUT,99999) RESULT, EXACT, ERREST, ERROR
99999 FORMAT (' Computed =', F8.3, 13X, ' Exact =', F8.3, /, /, &
' Error estimate =', 1PE10.3, 6X, 'Error =', 1PE10.3)
END
!
REAL FUNCTION F (X)
REAL X
REAL EXP
INTRINSIC EXP
F = X*EXP(X)
RETURN
END
Output
 
Computed = 8.389 Exact = 8.389
 
Error estimate = 5.000E-05 Error = 9.537E-07