摘要
This paper compares the variational iteration method(VIM),the Adomian decomposition method(ADM)and the Picard iteration method(PIM)for solving a system of first o rder n onlinear o rdinary d ifferential e quations(ODEs).A unification of the concepts underlying these three methods is attempted by considering a very general iterative algorithm for VIM.It is found that all the three methods can be regarded as special cases of using a very general matrix of Lagrange multipliers in the iterative algorithm of VIM.The global variational iteration method is briefly reviewed,and further recast into a Local VIM,which is much more convenient and capable of predicting long term complex dynamic responses of nonlinear systems even if they are chaotic.
