The documentation for blupf90 is available separately as a PDF document. The following lines can be added at the end of parameter file for blupf90: OPTION conv_crit 1e-12 set convergence criteria; deault is 1e-10 OPTION maxrounds 10000 set maximum number of rounds (default is 1000) OPTION solv_method FSPAK selection solutions by FSPAK, SOR or PCG (default is PCG) OPTION r_factor 1.6 set relaxation factor for SOR (default is 1.4)