Squashed 'third_party/eigen/' content from commit 61d72f6

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diff --git a/bench/spbench/CMakeLists.txt b/bench/spbench/CMakeLists.txt
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+
+
+set(BLAS_FOUND TRUE)
+set(LAPACK_FOUND TRUE)
+set(BLAS_LIBRARIES eigen_blas_static)
+set(LAPACK_LIBRARIES eigen_lapack_static)
+
+set(SPARSE_LIBS "")
+
+# find_library(PARDISO_LIBRARIES pardiso412-GNU450-X86-64)
+# if(PARDISO_LIBRARIES)
+#   add_definitions("-DEIGEN_PARDISO_SUPPORT")
+#   set(SPARSE_LIBS ${SPARSE_LIBS} ${PARDISO_LIBRARIES})
+# endif(PARDISO_LIBRARIES)
+
+find_package(Cholmod)
+if(CHOLMOD_FOUND AND BLAS_FOUND AND LAPACK_FOUND)
+  add_definitions("-DEIGEN_CHOLMOD_SUPPORT")
+  include_directories(${CHOLMOD_INCLUDES})
+  set(SPARSE_LIBS ${SPARSE_LIBS} ${CHOLMOD_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS_LIBRARIES} ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES})
+  set(CHOLMOD_ALL_LIBS  ${CHOLMOD_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS_LIBRARIES} ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
+
+find_package(Umfpack)
+if(UMFPACK_FOUND AND BLAS_FOUND)
+  add_definitions("-DEIGEN_UMFPACK_SUPPORT")
+  include_directories(${UMFPACK_INCLUDES})
+  set(SPARSE_LIBS ${SPARSE_LIBS} ${UMFPACK_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
+  set(UMFPACK_ALL_LIBS ${UMFPACK_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
+
+find_package(SuperLU)
+if(SUPERLU_FOUND AND BLAS_FOUND)
+  add_definitions("-DEIGEN_SUPERLU_SUPPORT")
+  include_directories(${SUPERLU_INCLUDES})
+  set(SPARSE_LIBS ${SPARSE_LIBS} ${SUPERLU_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
+  set(SUPERLU_ALL_LIBS ${SUPERLU_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
+
+
+find_package(Pastix)
+find_package(Scotch)
+find_package(Metis)
+if(PASTIX_FOUND AND BLAS_FOUND)
+  add_definitions("-DEIGEN_PASTIX_SUPPORT")
+  include_directories(${PASTIX_INCLUDES})
+  if(SCOTCH_FOUND)
+    include_directories(${SCOTCH_INCLUDES})
+    set(PASTIX_LIBRARIES ${PASTIX_LIBRARIES} ${SCOTCH_LIBRARIES})
+  elseif(METIS_FOUND)
+    include_directories(${METIS_INCLUDES})
+    set(PASTIX_LIBRARIES ${PASTIX_LIBRARIES} ${METIS_LIBRARIES})  
+  endif(SCOTCH_FOUND)
+  set(SPARSE_LIBS ${SPARSE_LIBS} ${PASTIX_LIBRARIES} ${ORDERING_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
+  set(PASTIX_ALL_LIBS ${PASTIX_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
+endif(PASTIX_FOUND AND BLAS_FOUND)
+
+if(METIS_FOUND)
+  include_directories(${METIS_INCLUDES})
+  set (SPARSE_LIBS ${SPARSE_LIBS} ${METIS_LIBRARIES})
+  add_definitions("-DEIGEN_METIS_SUPPORT")
+endif(METIS_FOUND)
+
+find_library(RT_LIBRARY rt)
+if(RT_LIBRARY)
+  set(SPARSE_LIBS ${SPARSE_LIBS} ${RT_LIBRARY})
+endif(RT_LIBRARY)
+
+add_executable(spbenchsolver spbenchsolver.cpp)
+target_link_libraries (spbenchsolver ${SPARSE_LIBS})
+
+add_executable(spsolver sp_solver.cpp)
+target_link_libraries (spsolver ${SPARSE_LIBS})
+
+
+add_executable(test_sparseLU test_sparseLU.cpp)
+target_link_libraries (test_sparseLU ${SPARSE_LIBS})
+
diff --git a/bench/spbench/sp_solver.cpp b/bench/spbench/sp_solver.cpp
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+++ b/bench/spbench/sp_solver.cpp
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+// Small bench routine for Eigen available in Eigen
+// (C) Desire NUENTSA WAKAM, INRIA
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <Eigen/Jacobi>
+#include <Eigen/Householder>
+#include <Eigen/IterativeLinearSolvers>
+#include <Eigen/LU>
+#include <unsupported/Eigen/SparseExtra>
+//#include <Eigen/SparseLU>
+#include <Eigen/SuperLUSupport>
+// #include <unsupported/Eigen/src/IterativeSolvers/Scaling.h>
+#include <bench/BenchTimer.h>
+#include <unsupported/Eigen/IterativeSolvers>
+using namespace std;
+using namespace Eigen;
+
+int main(int argc, char **args)
+{
+  SparseMatrix<double, ColMajor> A; 
+  typedef SparseMatrix<double, ColMajor>::Index Index;
+  typedef Matrix<double, Dynamic, Dynamic> DenseMatrix;
+  typedef Matrix<double, Dynamic, 1> DenseRhs;
+  VectorXd b, x, tmp;
+  BenchTimer timer,totaltime; 
+  //SparseLU<SparseMatrix<double, ColMajor> >   solver;
+//   SuperLU<SparseMatrix<double, ColMajor> >   solver;
+  ConjugateGradient<SparseMatrix<double, ColMajor>, Lower,IncompleteCholesky<double,Lower> > solver; 
+  ifstream matrix_file; 
+  string line;
+  int  n;
+  // Set parameters
+//   solver.iparm(IPARM_THREAD_NBR) = 4;
+  /* Fill the matrix with sparse matrix stored in Matrix-Market coordinate column-oriented format */
+  if (argc < 2) assert(false && "please, give the matrix market file ");
+  
+  timer.start();
+  totaltime.start();
+  loadMarket(A, args[1]);
+  cout << "End charging matrix " << endl;
+  bool iscomplex=false, isvector=false;
+  int sym;
+  getMarketHeader(args[1], sym, iscomplex, isvector);
+  if (iscomplex) { cout<< " Not for complex matrices \n"; return -1; }
+  if (isvector) { cout << "The provided file is not a matrix file\n"; return -1;}
+  if (sym != 0) { // symmetric matrices, only the lower part is stored
+    SparseMatrix<double, ColMajor> temp; 
+    temp = A;
+    A = temp.selfadjointView<Lower>();
+  }
+  timer.stop();
+  
+  n = A.cols();
+  // ====== TESTS FOR SPARSE TUTORIAL ======
+//   cout<< "OuterSize " << A.outerSize() << " inner " << A.innerSize() << endl; 
+//   SparseMatrix<double, RowMajor> mat1(A); 
+//   SparseMatrix<double, RowMajor> mat2;
+//   cout << " norm of A " << mat1.norm() << endl; ;
+//   PermutationMatrix<Dynamic, Dynamic, int> perm(n);
+//   perm.resize(n,1);
+//   perm.indices().setLinSpaced(n, 0, n-1);
+//   mat2 = perm * mat1;
+//   mat.subrows();
+//   mat2.resize(n,n); 
+//   mat2.reserve(10);
+//   mat2.setConstant();
+//   std::cout<< "NORM " << mat1.squaredNorm()<< endl;  
+
+  cout<< "Time to load the matrix " << timer.value() <<endl;
+  /* Fill the right hand side */
+
+//   solver.set_restart(374);
+  if (argc > 2)
+    loadMarketVector(b, args[2]);
+  else 
+  {
+    b.resize(n);
+    tmp.resize(n);
+//       tmp.setRandom();
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) tmp(i) = i; 
+    b = A * tmp ;
+  }
+//   Scaling<SparseMatrix<double> > scal; 
+//   scal.computeRef(A);
+//   b = scal.LeftScaling().cwiseProduct(b);
+
+  /* Compute the factorization */
+  cout<< "Starting the factorization "<< endl; 
+  timer.reset();
+  timer.start(); 
+  cout<< "Size of Input Matrix "<< b.size()<<"\n\n";
+  cout<< "Rows and columns "<< A.rows() <<" " <<A.cols() <<"\n";
+  solver.compute(A);
+//   solver.analyzePattern(A);
+//   solver.factorize(A);
+  if (solver.info() != Success) {
+    std::cout<< "The solver failed \n";
+    return -1; 
+  }
+  timer.stop(); 
+  float time_comp = timer.value(); 
+  cout <<" Compute Time " << time_comp<< endl; 
+  
+  timer.reset();
+  timer.start();
+  x = solver.solve(b);
+//   x = scal.RightScaling().cwiseProduct(x);
+  timer.stop();
+  float time_solve = timer.value(); 
+  cout<< " Time to solve " << time_solve << endl; 
+ 
+  /* Check the accuracy */
+  VectorXd tmp2 = b - A*x;
+  double tempNorm = tmp2.norm()/b.norm();
+  cout << "Relative norm of the computed solution : " << tempNorm <<"\n";
+//   cout << "Iterations : " << solver.iterations() << "\n"; 
+  
+  totaltime.stop();
+  cout << "Total time " << totaltime.value() << "\n";
+//  std::cout<<x.transpose()<<"\n";
+  
+  return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/bench/spbench/spbench.dtd b/bench/spbench/spbench.dtd
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+++ b/bench/spbench/spbench.dtd
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+<!ELEMENT BENCH (AVAILSOLVER+,LINEARSYSTEM+)>
+  <!ELEMENT AVAILSOLVER (SOLVER+)>
+    <!ELEMENT SOLVER (TYPE,PACKAGE)>
+      <!ELEMENT TYPE (#PCDATA)>  <!-- One of LU, LLT, LDLT, ITER -->
+      <!ELEMENT PACKAGE (#PCDATA)>  <!-- Derived from a library -->
+  <!ELEMENT LINEARSYSTEM (MATRIX,SOLVER_STAT+,BEST_SOLVER,GLOBAL_PARAMS*)>
+    <!ELEMENT MATRIX (NAME,SIZE,ENTRIES,PATTERN?,SYMMETRY,POSDEF?,ARITHMETIC,RHS*)>
+      <!ELEMENT NAME (#PCDATA)>
+      <!ELEMENT SIZE (#PCDATA)>
+      <!ELEMENT ENTRIES (#PCDATA)> <!-- The number of nonzeros elements -->
+      <!ELEMENT PATTERN (#PCDATA)>  <!-- Is structural pattern symmetric or not -->
+      <!ELEMENT SYMMETRY (#PCDATA)> <!-- symmmetry with numerical values -->
+      <!ELEMENT POSDEF (#PCDATA)> <!-- Is the matrix positive definite or not -->
+      <!ELEMENT ARITHMETIC (#PCDATA)> 
+      <!ELEMENT RHS (SOURCE)>  <!-- A matrix can have one or more right hand side associated. -->
+        <!ELEMENT SOURCE (#PCDATA)> <!-- Source of the right hand side, either generated or provided -->
+    <!ELEMENT SOLVER_STAT (PARAMS*,TIME,ERROR,ITER?)>
+      <!ELEMENT PARAMS (#PCDATA)>
+      <!ELEMENT TIME (COMPUTE,SOLVE,TOTAL)>
+        <!ELEMENT COMPUTE (#PCDATA)> <!-- Time to analyze,to factorize, or to setup the preconditioner-->
+        <!ELEMENT SOLVE (#PCDATA)> <!-- Time to solve with all the available rhs -->
+        <!ELEMENT TOTAL (#PCDATA)>
+      <!ELEMENT ERROR (#PCDATA)> <!-- Either the relative error or the relative residual norm -->
+      <!ELEMENT ITER (#PCDATA)> <!-- Number of iterations -->
+    <!ELEMENT BEST_SOLVER CDATA> <!-- Id of the best solver -->
+    <!ELEMENT GLOBAL_PARAMS (#PCDATA)> <!-- Parameters shared by all solvers -->
+
+<!ATTLIST SOLVER ID CDATA #REQUIRED>
+<!ATTLIST SOLVER_STAT ID CDATA #REQUIRED>
+<!ATTLIST BEST_SOLVER ID CDATA #REQUIRED>
+<!ATTLIST RHS ID CDATA #IMPLIED>
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diff --git a/bench/spbench/spbenchsolver.cpp b/bench/spbench/spbenchsolver.cpp
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+++ b/bench/spbench/spbenchsolver.cpp
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+#include <bench/spbench/spbenchsolver.h>
+
+void bench_printhelp()
+{
+    cout<< " \nbenchsolver : performs a benchmark of all the solvers available in Eigen \n\n";
+    cout<< " MATRIX FOLDER : \n";
+    cout<< " The matrices for the benchmark should be collected in a folder specified with an environment variable EIGEN_MATRIXDIR \n";
+    cout<< " The matrices are stored using the matrix market coordinate format \n";
+    cout<< " The matrix and associated right-hand side (rhs) files are named respectively \n";
+    cout<< " as MatrixName.mtx and MatrixName_b.mtx. If the rhs does not exist, a random one is generated. \n";
+    cout<< " If a matrix is SPD, the matrix should be named as MatrixName_SPD.mtx \n";
+    cout<< " If a true solution exists, it should be named as MatrixName_x.mtx; \n"     ;
+    cout<< " it will be used to compute the norm of the error relative to the computed solutions\n\n";
+    cout<< " OPTIONS : \n"; 
+    cout<< " -h or --help \n    print this help and return\n\n";
+    cout<< " -d matrixdir \n    Use matrixdir as the matrix folder instead of the one specified in the environment variable EIGEN_MATRIXDIR\n\n"; 
+    cout<< " -o outputfile.xml \n    Output the statistics to a xml file \n\n";
+    cout<< " --eps <RelErr> Sets the relative tolerance for iterative solvers (default 1e-08) \n\n";
+    cout<< " --maxits <MaxIts> Sets the maximum number of iterations (default 1000) \n\n";
+    
+}
+int main(int argc, char ** args)
+{
+  
+  bool help = ( get_options(argc, args, "-h") || get_options(argc, args, "--help") );
+  if(help) {
+    bench_printhelp();
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  // Get the location of the test matrices
+  string matrix_dir;
+  if (!get_options(argc, args, "-d", &matrix_dir))
+  {
+    if(getenv("EIGEN_MATRIXDIR") == NULL){
+      std::cerr << "Please, specify the location of the matrices with -d mat_folder or the environment variable EIGEN_MATRIXDIR \n";
+      std::cerr << " Run with --help to see the list of all the available options \n";
+      return -1;
+    }
+    matrix_dir = getenv("EIGEN_MATRIXDIR");
+  }
+     
+  std::ofstream statbuf;
+  string statFile ;
+  
+  // Get the file to write the statistics
+  bool statFileExists = get_options(argc, args, "-o", &statFile);
+  if(statFileExists)
+  {
+    statbuf.open(statFile.c_str(), std::ios::out);
+    if(statbuf.good()){
+      statFileExists = true; 
+      printStatheader(statbuf);
+      statbuf.close();
+    }
+    else
+      std::cerr << "Unable to open the provided file for writting... \n";
+  }       
+  
+  // Get the maximum number of iterations and the tolerance
+  int maxiters = 1000; 
+  double tol = 1e-08; 
+  string inval; 
+  if (get_options(argc, args, "--eps", &inval))
+    tol = atof(inval.c_str()); 
+  if(get_options(argc, args, "--maxits", &inval))
+    maxiters = atoi(inval.c_str()); 
+  
+  string current_dir; 
+  // Test the real-arithmetics matrices
+  Browse_Matrices<double>(matrix_dir, statFileExists, statFile,maxiters, tol);
+  
+  // Test the complex-arithmetics matrices
+  Browse_Matrices<std::complex<double> >(matrix_dir, statFileExists, statFile, maxiters, tol); 
+  
+  if(statFileExists)
+  {
+    statbuf.open(statFile.c_str(), std::ios::app); 
+    statbuf << "</BENCH> \n";
+    cout << "\n Output written in " << statFile << " ...\n";
+    statbuf.close();
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+      
diff --git a/bench/spbench/spbenchsolver.h b/bench/spbench/spbenchsolver.h
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+++ b/bench/spbench/spbenchsolver.h
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+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2012 Désiré Nuentsa-Wakam <desire.nuentsa_wakam@inria.fr>
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
+// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
+// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <Eigen/SparseCore>
+#include <bench/BenchTimer.h>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <string>
+#include <Eigen/Cholesky>
+#include <Eigen/Jacobi>
+#include <Eigen/Householder>
+#include <Eigen/IterativeLinearSolvers>
+#include <unsupported/Eigen/IterativeSolvers>
+#include <Eigen/LU>
+#include <unsupported/Eigen/SparseExtra>
+#include <Eigen/SparseLU>
+
+#include "spbenchstyle.h"
+
+#ifdef EIGEN_METIS_SUPPORT
+#include <Eigen/MetisSupport>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EIGEN_CHOLMOD_SUPPORT
+#include <Eigen/CholmodSupport>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EIGEN_UMFPACK_SUPPORT
+#include <Eigen/UmfPackSupport>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EIGEN_PARDISO_SUPPORT
+#include <Eigen/PardisoSupport>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EIGEN_SUPERLU_SUPPORT
+#include <Eigen/SuperLUSupport>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EIGEN_PASTIX_SUPPORT
+#include <Eigen/PaStiXSupport>
+#endif
+
+// CONSTANTS
+#define EIGEN_UMFPACK  10
+#define EIGEN_SUPERLU  20
+#define EIGEN_PASTIX  30
+#define EIGEN_PARDISO  40
+#define EIGEN_SPARSELU_COLAMD 50
+#define EIGEN_SPARSELU_METIS 51
+#define EIGEN_BICGSTAB  60
+#define EIGEN_BICGSTAB_ILUT  61
+#define EIGEN_GMRES 70
+#define EIGEN_GMRES_ILUT 71
+#define EIGEN_SIMPLICIAL_LDLT  80
+#define EIGEN_CHOLMOD_LDLT  90
+#define EIGEN_PASTIX_LDLT  100
+#define EIGEN_PARDISO_LDLT  110
+#define EIGEN_SIMPLICIAL_LLT  120
+#define EIGEN_CHOLMOD_SUPERNODAL_LLT  130
+#define EIGEN_CHOLMOD_SIMPLICIAL_LLT  140
+#define EIGEN_PASTIX_LLT  150
+#define EIGEN_PARDISO_LLT  160
+#define EIGEN_CG  170
+#define EIGEN_CG_PRECOND  180
+
+using namespace Eigen;
+using namespace std; 
+
+
+// Global variables for input parameters
+int MaximumIters; // Maximum number of iterations
+double RelErr; // Relative error of the computed solution
+double best_time_val; // Current best time overall solvers 
+int best_time_id; //  id of the best solver for the current system 
+
+template<typename T> inline typename NumTraits<T>::Real test_precision() { return NumTraits<T>::dummy_precision(); }
+template<> inline float test_precision<float>() { return 1e-3f; }                                                             
+template<> inline double test_precision<double>() { return 1e-6; }                                                            
+template<> inline float test_precision<std::complex<float> >() { return test_precision<float>(); }
+template<> inline double test_precision<std::complex<double> >() { return test_precision<double>(); }
+
+void printStatheader(std::ofstream& out)
+{
+  // Print XML header
+  // NOTE It would have been much easier to write these XML documents using external libraries like tinyXML or Xerces-C++.
+  
+  out << "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> \n";
+  out << "<?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='#stylesheet' ?> \n"; 
+  out << "<!DOCTYPE BENCH  [\n<!ATTLIST xsl:stylesheet\n id\t ID  #REQUIRED>\n]>";
+  out << "\n\n<!-- Generated by the Eigen library -->\n"; 
+  
+  out << "\n<BENCH> \n" ; //root XML element 
+  // Print the xsl style section
+  printBenchStyle(out); 
+  // List all available solvers 
+  out << " <AVAILSOLVER> \n";
+#ifdef EIGEN_UMFPACK_SUPPORT
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_UMFPACK << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LU </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> UMFPACK </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+#endif
+#ifdef EIGEN_SUPERLU_SUPPORT
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_SUPERLU << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LU </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> SUPERLU </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+#endif
+#ifdef EIGEN_CHOLMOD_SUPPORT
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_CHOLMOD_SIMPLICIAL_LLT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LLT SP</TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> CHOLMOD </PACKAGE> \n";
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_CHOLMOD_SUPERNODAL_LLT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LLT</TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> CHOLMOD </PACKAGE> \n";
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n";
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_CHOLMOD_LDLT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LDLT </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> CHOLMOD </PACKAGE> \n";  
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+#endif
+#ifdef EIGEN_PARDISO_SUPPORT
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_PARDISO << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LU </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> PARDISO </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_PARDISO_LLT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LLT </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> PARDISO </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_PARDISO_LDLT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LDLT </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> PARDISO </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+#endif
+#ifdef EIGEN_PASTIX_SUPPORT
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_PASTIX << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LU </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> PASTIX </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_PASTIX_LLT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LLT </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> PASTIX </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_PASTIX_LDLT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LDLT </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> PASTIX </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+#endif
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_BICGSTAB << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> BICGSTAB </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> EIGEN </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_BICGSTAB_ILUT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> BICGSTAB_ILUT </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> EIGEN </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_GMRES_ILUT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> GMRES_ILUT </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> EIGEN </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_SIMPLICIAL_LDLT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LDLT </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> EIGEN </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_SIMPLICIAL_LLT << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LLT </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> EIGEN </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_CG << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> CG </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> EIGEN </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_SPARSELU_COLAMD << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LU_COLAMD </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> EIGEN </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+#ifdef EIGEN_METIS_SUPPORT
+  out <<"  <SOLVER ID='" << EIGEN_SPARSELU_METIS << "'>\n"; 
+  out << "   <TYPE> LU_METIS </TYPE> \n";
+  out << "   <PACKAGE> EIGEN </PACKAGE> \n"; 
+  out << "  </SOLVER> \n"; 
+#endif
+  out << " </AVAILSOLVER> \n"; 
+  
+}
+
+
+template<typename Solver, typename Scalar>
+void call_solver(Solver &solver, const int solver_id, const typename Solver::MatrixType& A, const Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1>& b, const Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1>& refX,std::ofstream& statbuf)
+{
+  
+  double total_time;
+  double compute_time;
+  double solve_time; 
+  double rel_error;
+  Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1> x; 
+  BenchTimer timer; 
+  timer.reset();
+  timer.start();
+  solver.compute(A); 
+  if (solver.info() != Success)
+  {
+    std::cerr << "Solver failed ... \n";
+    return;
+  }
+  timer.stop();
+  compute_time = timer.value();
+  statbuf << "    <TIME>\n"; 
+  statbuf << "     <COMPUTE> " << timer.value() << "</COMPUTE>\n";
+  std::cout<< "COMPUTE TIME : " << timer.value() <<std::endl; 
+    
+  timer.reset();
+  timer.start();
+  x = solver.solve(b); 
+  if (solver.info() == NumericalIssue)
+  {
+    std::cerr << "Solver failed ... \n";
+    return;
+  }
+  timer.stop();
+  solve_time = timer.value();
+  statbuf << "     <SOLVE> " << timer.value() << "</SOLVE>\n"; 
+  std::cout<< "SOLVE TIME : " << timer.value() <<std::endl; 
+  
+  total_time = solve_time + compute_time;
+  statbuf << "     <TOTAL> " << total_time << "</TOTAL>\n"; 
+  std::cout<< "TOTAL TIME : " << total_time <<std::endl; 
+  statbuf << "    </TIME>\n"; 
+  
+  // Verify the relative error
+  if(refX.size() != 0)
+    rel_error = (refX - x).norm()/refX.norm();
+  else 
+  {
+    // Compute the relative residual norm
+    Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1> temp; 
+    temp = A * x; 
+    rel_error = (b-temp).norm()/b.norm();
+  }
+  statbuf << "    <ERROR> " << rel_error << "</ERROR>\n"; 
+  std::cout<< "REL. ERROR : " << rel_error << "\n\n" ;
+  if ( rel_error <= RelErr )
+  {
+    // check the best time if convergence
+    if(!best_time_val || (best_time_val > total_time))
+    {
+      best_time_val = total_time;
+      best_time_id = solver_id;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+template<typename Solver, typename Scalar>
+void call_directsolver(Solver& solver, const int solver_id, const typename Solver::MatrixType& A, const Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1>& b, const Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1>& refX, std::string& statFile)
+{
+    std::ofstream statbuf(statFile.c_str(), std::ios::app);
+    statbuf << "   <SOLVER_STAT ID='" << solver_id <<"'>\n"; 
+    call_solver(solver, solver_id, A, b, refX,statbuf);
+    statbuf << "   </SOLVER_STAT>\n";
+    statbuf.close();
+}
+
+template<typename Solver, typename Scalar>
+void call_itersolver(Solver &solver, const int solver_id, const typename Solver::MatrixType& A, const Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1>& b, const Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1>& refX, std::string& statFile)
+{
+  solver.setTolerance(RelErr); 
+  solver.setMaxIterations(MaximumIters);
+  
+  std::ofstream statbuf(statFile.c_str(), std::ios::app);
+  statbuf << " <SOLVER_STAT ID='" << solver_id <<"'>\n"; 
+  call_solver(solver, solver_id, A, b, refX,statbuf); 
+  statbuf << "   <ITER> "<< solver.iterations() << "</ITER>\n";
+  statbuf << " </SOLVER_STAT>\n";
+  std::cout << "ITERATIONS : " << solver.iterations() <<"\n\n\n"; 
+  
+}
+
+
+template <typename Scalar>
+void SelectSolvers(const SparseMatrix<Scalar>&A, unsigned int sym, Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1>& b, const Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1>& refX, std::string& statFile)
+{
+  typedef SparseMatrix<Scalar, ColMajor> SpMat; 
+  // First, deal with Nonsymmetric and symmetric matrices
+  best_time_id = 0; 
+  best_time_val = 0.0;
+  //UMFPACK
+  #ifdef EIGEN_UMFPACK_SUPPORT
+  {
+    cout << "Solving with UMFPACK LU ... \n"; 
+    UmfPackLU<SpMat> solver; 
+    call_directsolver(solver, EIGEN_UMFPACK, A, b, refX,statFile); 
+  }
+  #endif
+    //SuperLU
+  #ifdef EIGEN_SUPERLU_SUPPORT
+  {
+    cout << "\nSolving with SUPERLU ... \n"; 
+    SuperLU<SpMat> solver;
+    call_directsolver(solver, EIGEN_SUPERLU, A, b, refX,statFile); 
+  }
+  #endif
+    
+   // PaStix LU
+  #ifdef EIGEN_PASTIX_SUPPORT
+  {
+    cout << "\nSolving with PASTIX LU ... \n"; 
+    PastixLU<SpMat> solver; 
+    call_directsolver(solver, EIGEN_PASTIX, A, b, refX,statFile) ;
+  }
+  #endif
+
+   //PARDISO LU
+  #ifdef EIGEN_PARDISO_SUPPORT
+  {
+    cout << "\nSolving with PARDISO LU ... \n"; 
+    PardisoLU<SpMat>  solver; 
+    call_directsolver(solver, EIGEN_PARDISO, A, b, refX,statFile);
+  }
+  #endif
+  
+  // Eigen SparseLU METIS
+  cout << "\n Solving with Sparse LU AND COLAMD ... \n";
+  SparseLU<SpMat, COLAMDOrdering<int> >   solver;
+  call_directsolver(solver, EIGEN_SPARSELU_COLAMD, A, b, refX, statFile); 
+  // Eigen SparseLU METIS
+  #ifdef EIGEN_METIS_SUPPORT
+  {
+    cout << "\n Solving with Sparse LU AND METIS ... \n";
+    SparseLU<SpMat, MetisOrdering<int> >   solver;
+    call_directsolver(solver, EIGEN_SPARSELU_METIS, A, b, refX, statFile); 
+  }
+  #endif
+  
+  //BiCGSTAB
+  {
+    cout << "\nSolving with BiCGSTAB ... \n"; 
+    BiCGSTAB<SpMat> solver; 
+    call_itersolver(solver, EIGEN_BICGSTAB, A, b, refX,statFile);
+  }
+  //BiCGSTAB+ILUT
+  {
+    cout << "\nSolving with BiCGSTAB and ILUT ... \n"; 
+    BiCGSTAB<SpMat, IncompleteLUT<Scalar> > solver; 
+    call_itersolver(solver, EIGEN_BICGSTAB_ILUT, A, b, refX,statFile); 
+  }
+  
+   
+  //GMRES
+//   {
+//     cout << "\nSolving with GMRES ... \n"; 
+//     GMRES<SpMat> solver; 
+//     call_itersolver(solver, EIGEN_GMRES, A, b, refX,statFile); 
+//   }
+  //GMRES+ILUT
+  {
+    cout << "\nSolving with GMRES and ILUT ... \n"; 
+    GMRES<SpMat, IncompleteLUT<Scalar> > solver; 
+    call_itersolver(solver, EIGEN_GMRES_ILUT, A, b, refX,statFile);
+  }
+  
+  // Hermitian and not necessarily positive-definites
+  if (sym != NonSymmetric)
+  {
+    // Internal Cholesky
+    {
+      cout << "\nSolving with Simplicial LDLT ... \n"; 
+      SimplicialLDLT<SpMat, Lower> solver;
+      call_directsolver(solver, EIGEN_SIMPLICIAL_LDLT, A, b, refX,statFile); 
+    }
+    
+    // CHOLMOD
+    #ifdef EIGEN_CHOLMOD_SUPPORT
+    {
+      cout << "\nSolving with CHOLMOD LDLT ... \n"; 
+      CholmodDecomposition<SpMat, Lower> solver;
+      solver.setMode(CholmodLDLt);
+       call_directsolver(solver,EIGEN_CHOLMOD_LDLT, A, b, refX,statFile);
+    }
+    #endif
+    
+    //PASTIX LLT
+    #ifdef EIGEN_PASTIX_SUPPORT
+    {
+      cout << "\nSolving with PASTIX LDLT ... \n"; 
+      PastixLDLT<SpMat, Lower> solver; 
+      call_directsolver(solver,EIGEN_PASTIX_LDLT, A, b, refX,statFile); 
+    }
+    #endif
+    
+    //PARDISO LLT
+    #ifdef EIGEN_PARDISO_SUPPORT
+    {
+      cout << "\nSolving with PARDISO LDLT ... \n"; 
+      PardisoLDLT<SpMat, Lower> solver; 
+      call_directsolver(solver,EIGEN_PARDISO_LDLT, A, b, refX,statFile); 
+    }
+    #endif
+  }
+
+   // Now, symmetric POSITIVE DEFINITE matrices
+  if (sym == SPD)
+  {
+    
+    //Internal Sparse Cholesky
+    {
+      cout << "\nSolving with SIMPLICIAL LLT ... \n"; 
+      SimplicialLLT<SpMat, Lower> solver; 
+      call_directsolver(solver,EIGEN_SIMPLICIAL_LLT, A, b, refX,statFile); 
+    }
+    
+    // CHOLMOD
+    #ifdef EIGEN_CHOLMOD_SUPPORT
+    {
+      // CholMOD SuperNodal LLT
+      cout << "\nSolving with CHOLMOD LLT (Supernodal)... \n"; 
+      CholmodDecomposition<SpMat, Lower> solver;
+      solver.setMode(CholmodSupernodalLLt);
+       call_directsolver(solver,EIGEN_CHOLMOD_SUPERNODAL_LLT, A, b, refX,statFile);
+      // CholMod Simplicial LLT
+      cout << "\nSolving with CHOLMOD LLT (Simplicial) ... \n"; 
+      solver.setMode(CholmodSimplicialLLt);
+      call_directsolver(solver,EIGEN_CHOLMOD_SIMPLICIAL_LLT, A, b, refX,statFile);
+    }
+    #endif
+    
+    //PASTIX LLT
+    #ifdef EIGEN_PASTIX_SUPPORT
+    {
+      cout << "\nSolving with PASTIX LLT ... \n"; 
+      PastixLLT<SpMat, Lower> solver; 
+      call_directsolver(solver,EIGEN_PASTIX_LLT, A, b, refX,statFile);
+    }
+    #endif
+    
+    //PARDISO LLT
+    #ifdef EIGEN_PARDISO_SUPPORT
+    {
+      cout << "\nSolving with PARDISO LLT ... \n"; 
+      PardisoLLT<SpMat, Lower> solver; 
+      call_directsolver(solver,EIGEN_PARDISO_LLT, A, b, refX,statFile); 
+    }
+    #endif
+    
+    // Internal CG
+    {
+      cout << "\nSolving with CG ... \n"; 
+      ConjugateGradient<SpMat, Lower> solver; 
+      call_itersolver(solver,EIGEN_CG, A, b, refX,statFile);
+    }
+    //CG+IdentityPreconditioner
+//     {
+//       cout << "\nSolving with CG and IdentityPreconditioner ... \n"; 
+//       ConjugateGradient<SpMat, Lower, IdentityPreconditioner> solver; 
+//       call_itersolver(solver,EIGEN_CG_PRECOND, A, b, refX,statFile);
+//     }
+  } // End SPD matrices 
+}
+
+/* Browse all the matrices available in the specified folder 
+ * and solve the associated linear system.
+ * The results of each solve are printed in the standard output
+ * and optionally in the provided html file
+ */
+template <typename Scalar>
+void Browse_Matrices(const string folder, bool statFileExists, std::string& statFile, int maxiters, double tol)
+{
+  MaximumIters = maxiters; // Maximum number of iterations, global variable 
+  RelErr = tol;  //Relative residual error  as stopping criterion for iterative solvers
+  MatrixMarketIterator<Scalar> it(folder);
+  for ( ; it; ++it)
+  {
+    //print the infos for this linear system 
+    if(statFileExists)
+    {
+      std::ofstream statbuf(statFile.c_str(), std::ios::app);
+      statbuf << "<LINEARSYSTEM> \n";
+      statbuf << "   <MATRIX> \n";
+      statbuf << "     <NAME> " << it.matname() << " </NAME>\n"; 
+      statbuf << "     <SIZE> " << it.matrix().rows() << " </SIZE>\n"; 
+      statbuf << "     <ENTRIES> " << it.matrix().nonZeros() << "</ENTRIES>\n";
+      if (it.sym()!=NonSymmetric)
+      {
+        statbuf << "     <SYMMETRY> Symmetric </SYMMETRY>\n" ; 
+        if (it.sym() == SPD) 
+          statbuf << "     <POSDEF> YES </POSDEF>\n"; 
+        else 
+          statbuf << "     <POSDEF> NO </POSDEF>\n"; 
+          
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        statbuf << "     <SYMMETRY> NonSymmetric </SYMMETRY>\n" ; 
+        statbuf << "     <POSDEF> NO </POSDEF>\n"; 
+      }
+      statbuf << "   </MATRIX> \n";
+      statbuf.close();
+    }
+    
+    cout<< "\n\n===================================================== \n";
+    cout<< " ======  SOLVING WITH MATRIX " << it.matname() << " ====\n";
+    cout<< " =================================================== \n\n";
+    Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1> refX;
+    if(it.hasrefX()) refX = it.refX();
+    // Call all suitable solvers for this linear system 
+    SelectSolvers<Scalar>(it.matrix(), it.sym(), it.rhs(), refX, statFile);
+    
+    if(statFileExists)
+    {
+      std::ofstream statbuf(statFile.c_str(), std::ios::app);
+      statbuf << "  <BEST_SOLVER ID='"<< best_time_id
+              << "'></BEST_SOLVER>\n"; 
+      statbuf << " </LINEARSYSTEM> \n"; 
+      statbuf.close();
+    }
+  } 
+} 
+
+bool get_options(int argc, char **args, string option, string* value=0)
+{
+  int idx = 1, found=false; 
+  while (idx<argc && !found){
+    if (option.compare(args[idx]) == 0){
+      found = true; 
+      if(value) *value = args[idx+1];
+    }
+    idx+=2;
+  }
+  return found; 
+}
diff --git a/bench/spbench/spbenchstyle.h b/bench/spbench/spbenchstyle.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17a05ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/spbench/spbenchstyle.h
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2012 Désiré Nuentsa-Wakam <desire.nuentsa_wakam@inria.fr>
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
+// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
+// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+#ifndef SPBENCHSTYLE_H
+#define SPBENCHSTYLE_H
+
+void printBenchStyle(std::ofstream& out)
+{
+  out << "<xsl:stylesheet id='stylesheet' version='1.0' \
+      xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform' >\n \
+      <xsl:template match='xsl:stylesheet' />\n \
+      <xsl:template match='/'> <!-- Root of the document -->\n \
+      <html>\n \
+        <head> \n \
+          <style type='text/css'> \n \
+            td { white-space: nowrap;}\n \
+          </style>\n \
+        </head>\n \
+        <body>";
+  out<<"<table border='1' width='100%' height='100%'>\n \
+        <TR> <!-- Write the table header -->\n \
+        <TH>Matrix</TH> <TH>N</TH> <TH> NNZ</TH>  <TH> Sym</TH>  <TH> SPD</TH> <TH> </TH>\n \
+          <xsl:for-each select='BENCH/AVAILSOLVER/SOLVER'>\n \
+            <xsl:sort select='@ID' data-type='number'/>\n \
+            <TH>\n \
+              <xsl:value-of select='TYPE' />\n \
+              <xsl:text></xsl:text>\n \
+              <xsl:value-of select='PACKAGE' />\n \
+              <xsl:text></xsl:text>\n \
+            </TH>\n \
+          </xsl:for-each>\n \
+        </TR>";
+        
+  out<<"  <xsl:for-each select='BENCH/LINEARSYSTEM'>\n \
+          <TR> <!-- print statistics for one linear system-->\n \
+            <TH rowspan='4'> <xsl:value-of select='MATRIX/NAME' /> </TH>\n \
+            <TD rowspan='4'> <xsl:value-of select='MATRIX/SIZE' /> </TD>\n \
+            <TD rowspan='4'> <xsl:value-of select='MATRIX/ENTRIES' /> </TD>\n \
+            <TD rowspan='4'> <xsl:value-of select='MATRIX/SYMMETRY' /> </TD>\n \
+            <TD rowspan='4'> <xsl:value-of select='MATRIX/POSDEF' /> </TD>\n \
+            <TH> Compute Time </TH>\n \
+            <xsl:for-each select='SOLVER_STAT'>\n \
+              <xsl:sort select='@ID' data-type='number'/>\n \
+              <TD> <xsl:value-of select='TIME/COMPUTE' /> </TD>\n \
+            </xsl:for-each>\n \
+          </TR>";
+  out<<"  <TR>\n \
+            <TH> Solve Time </TH>\n \
+            <xsl:for-each select='SOLVER_STAT'>\n \
+              <xsl:sort select='@ID' data-type='number'/>\n \
+              <TD> <xsl:value-of select='TIME/SOLVE' /> </TD>\n \
+            </xsl:for-each>\n \
+          </TR>\n \
+          <TR>\n \
+            <TH> Total Time </TH>\n \
+            <xsl:for-each select='SOLVER_STAT'>\n \
+              <xsl:sort select='@ID' data-type='number'/>\n \
+              <xsl:choose>\n \
+                <xsl:when test='@ID=../BEST_SOLVER/@ID'>\n \
+                  <TD style='background-color:red'> <xsl:value-of select='TIME/TOTAL' />  </TD>\n \
+                </xsl:when>\n \
+                <xsl:otherwise>\n \
+                  <TD>  <xsl:value-of select='TIME/TOTAL' /></TD>\n \
+                </xsl:otherwise>\n \
+              </xsl:choose>\n \
+            </xsl:for-each>\n \
+          </TR>";
+  out<<"  <TR>\n \
+              <TH> Error </TH>\n \
+              <xsl:for-each select='SOLVER_STAT'>\n \
+                <xsl:sort select='@ID' data-type='number'/>\n \
+                <TD> <xsl:value-of select='ERROR' />\n \
+                <xsl:if test='ITER'>\n \
+                  <xsl:text>(</xsl:text>\n \
+                  <xsl:value-of select='ITER' />\n \
+                  <xsl:text>)</xsl:text>\n \
+                </xsl:if> </TD>\n \
+              </xsl:for-each>\n \
+            </TR>\n \
+          </xsl:for-each>\n \
+      </table>\n \
+    </body>\n \
+    </html>\n \
+  </xsl:template>\n \
+  </xsl:stylesheet>\n\n";
+  
+}
+#endif
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diff --git a/bench/spbench/test_sparseLU.cpp b/bench/spbench/test_sparseLU.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8ecbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/spbench/test_sparseLU.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// Small bench routine for Eigen available in Eigen
+// (C) Desire NUENTSA WAKAM, INRIA
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <unsupported/Eigen/SparseExtra>
+#include <Eigen/SparseLU>
+#include <bench/BenchTimer.h>
+#ifdef EIGEN_METIS_SUPPORT
+#include <Eigen/MetisSupport>
+#endif
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace Eigen;
+
+int main(int argc, char **args)
+{
+//   typedef complex<double> scalar; 
+  typedef double scalar; 
+  SparseMatrix<scalar, ColMajor> A; 
+  typedef SparseMatrix<scalar, ColMajor>::Index Index;
+  typedef Matrix<scalar, Dynamic, Dynamic> DenseMatrix;
+  typedef Matrix<scalar, Dynamic, 1> DenseRhs;
+  Matrix<scalar, Dynamic, 1> b, x, tmp;
+//   SparseLU<SparseMatrix<scalar, ColMajor>, AMDOrdering<int> >   solver;
+// #ifdef EIGEN_METIS_SUPPORT
+//   SparseLU<SparseMatrix<scalar, ColMajor>, MetisOrdering<int> > solver; 
+//   std::cout<< "ORDERING : METIS\n"; 
+// #else
+  SparseLU<SparseMatrix<scalar, ColMajor>, COLAMDOrdering<int> >  solver;
+  std::cout<< "ORDERING : COLAMD\n"; 
+// #endif
+  
+  ifstream matrix_file; 
+  string line;
+  int  n;
+  BenchTimer timer; 
+  
+  // Set parameters
+  /* Fill the matrix with sparse matrix stored in Matrix-Market coordinate column-oriented format */
+  if (argc < 2) assert(false && "please, give the matrix market file ");
+  loadMarket(A, args[1]);
+  cout << "End charging matrix " << endl;
+  bool iscomplex=false, isvector=false;
+  int sym;
+  getMarketHeader(args[1], sym, iscomplex, isvector);
+//   if (iscomplex) { cout<< " Not for complex matrices \n"; return -1; }
+  if (isvector) { cout << "The provided file is not a matrix file\n"; return -1;}
+  if (sym != 0) { // symmetric matrices, only the lower part is stored
+    SparseMatrix<scalar, ColMajor> temp; 
+    temp = A;
+    A = temp.selfadjointView<Lower>();
+  }
+  n = A.cols();
+  /* Fill the right hand side */
+
+  if (argc > 2)
+    loadMarketVector(b, args[2]);
+  else 
+  {
+    b.resize(n);
+    tmp.resize(n);
+//       tmp.setRandom();
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) tmp(i) = i; 
+    b = A * tmp ;
+  }
+
+  /* Compute the factorization */
+//   solver.isSymmetric(true);
+  timer.start(); 
+//   solver.compute(A);
+  solver.analyzePattern(A); 
+  timer.stop(); 
+  cout << "Time to analyze " << timer.value() << std::endl;
+  timer.reset(); 
+  timer.start(); 
+  solver.factorize(A); 
+  timer.stop(); 
+  cout << "Factorize Time " << timer.value() << std::endl;
+  timer.reset(); 
+  timer.start(); 
+  x = solver.solve(b);
+  timer.stop();
+  cout << "solve time " << timer.value() << std::endl; 
+  /* Check the accuracy */
+  Matrix<scalar, Dynamic, 1> tmp2 = b - A*x;
+  scalar tempNorm = tmp2.norm()/b.norm();
+  cout << "Relative norm of the computed solution : " << tempNorm <<"\n";
+  cout << "Number of nonzeros in the factor : " << solver.nnzL() + solver.nnzU() << std::endl; 
+  
+  return 0;
+}
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