The fourth-order Runge-Kutta and Adams predictor-corrector methods are found to be very efficient and reliable compared with all method.
* the Runge-Kutta-Felhberg method is useful in finding good error estimates
The Runge-Kutta methods are self-starting and are easy to program on a digital computer. Although the predictor-corrector methods are not self-
starting, a fourth-order Runge-Kutta method can be used to start the solution.
The Runge-Kutta methods might require a smaller step size in order to achieve a specified accuracy.
The predictor-corrector methods yield the results faster in most cases.
For large systems of differential equations, a predictor-corrector method is preferred not only because of smaller computational time, but also due to the simplicity to estimate the error at any given stage