Michael_Saunders_(academic)
Michael Saunders (academic)
American numerical analyst and computer scientist
Michael Alan Saunders is an American numerical analyst and computer scientist. He is a research professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University.[1] Saunders is known for his contributions to numerical linear algebra and numerical optimization and has developed many widely used software packages, such as MINOS, NPSOL, and SNOPT.
Saunders developed the MINRES method for the iterative solution of symmetric linear equation systems in 1975 together with Christopher Conway Paige.[2]