Linear ramp (time-varying stiffness)

ADVANTAGES1 · dim 10

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10D diagonal linear system whose eigenvalues ramp continuously from 0.1 to 1000 over [0, 100]. Tests solver adaptation to transitional stiffness (non-stiff → stiff during integration).

Synthetic & linear-stiff benchmarks

Problem definition

Resonix HCS-4 (internal transitional stiffness benchmark)

Canonical RHS excerpt from the registered callable used for this benchmark cell. Expand it to verify the state equations; it is not a standalone runnable fixture.

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def _linear_ramp_rhs(t, y, T=100.0):
    """Stiffness ramps continuously from 0.1 to 1000 over [0, T]."""
    frac = t / T
    lambdas = -(0.1 + 999.9 * frac) * np.arange(1, len(y) + 1)
    return lambdas * y

def rhs(t, y):
    return _linear_ramp_rhs(t, y)
Parameters
  • T = 100
Initial condition
y(0) = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
Horizon
t ∈ [0, 100]

Canonical RHS excerpt captured from the same registered callable used for the published benchmark. Frozen closure values are summarized below; helper imports and solver settings are intentionally omitted.

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Spread: low

Default noise: none

Recommendation snapshot

Clean best: SciPy BDF

Noisy best: SolvSRK

Coverage

14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels

Ranked on survival, precision, and speed

Versions & freeze

Methodology →
Freeze
2026-08-13
libsolvsrk
2.3.0
SciPy
1.14
SUNDIALS
CVODE (bundled backend)

20 seeds/cell default · 14 arms · TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · this page: Linear ramp (time-varying stiffness) (linear-ramp-time-varying-stiffness)

Governed SolvTune benchmark freeze; per-arm medians only. RHS definitions and raw trial rows are not published.

Self-reported by Resonix Labs · not independently verified

Results matrix

Pick an objective and a noise level to rank all arms on survival, median SCD, median nfev, and median wall time. Medians across seeds.

Objective

Best overall trade-off of survival, precision, and speed.

Noise level

#SolverSurvivalSCDnfevWallScore
1SciPy BDFSciPy
100%
0.082922 ms0.619
2SciPy RadauSciPy
100%
0.02,03936 ms0.619
3SciPy LSODASciPy
100%
0.04472 ms0.619
4SciPy DOP853SciPy
100%
0.0938,8226.43 s0.619
5SciPy RK23SciPy
100%
0.0598,3075.60 s0.619
6CVODE BDFexternal
100%
0.050610 ms0.619
7CVODE Adamsexternal
100%
0.058111 ms0.619
8Vern7external
100%
0.01,077,99225.58 s0.619
9TRBDF2external
100%
0.01,8455.08 s0.619
10FBDFexternal
100%
0.07274.97 s0.619
11SolvSRK
100%
0.032,533145 ms0.619
SciPy RK45SciPy
0%
Tsit5external
0%
Vern9external
0%

At Clean, best balanced arm is SciPy BDF · SolvSRK survival 100%, SCD 0.0.

Values are medians across seeds, measured by Resonix Labs on Resonix hardware and not independently verified; nfev and wall are on reference lab hardware (indicative). Under injected noise only SolvSRK and the SciPy arms are run. How we measure accuracy → · Verification status →

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Replace the access date. Pin the freeze ID and library versions when comparing against a later export. Cite it as what it is — a self-reported vendor benchmark, not an independently verified result. The note field says so; please keep it.

@misc{resonix_evidence_linear_ramp_time_varying_stiffness_2026,
  title        = {Resonix Evidence Portal: Linear ramp (time-varying stiffness)},
  author       = {{Resonix Labs (Canada) Inc.}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://resonix.tech/evidence/problems/linear-ramp-time-varying-stiffness}},
  note         = {Self-reported vendor benchmark; internally generated by Resonix Labs and not independently verified. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD. Freeze 2026-08-13; libsolvsrk 2.3.0; SciPy 1.14.}
}

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TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · 398 problems · 14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels

Freeze: 2026-08-13 · scipy 1.14 · libsolvsrk 2.3.0 · Methodology

Self-reported by Resonix Labs · not independently verified · Verification status