In numerical analysis, the Dormand Prince method is a method for solving ordinary differential equations (Dormand & Prince 1980). The method is a member of the Runge Kutta family of ODE solvers. More specifically, it uses six function evaluations to calculate fourth- and fifth-order accurate solutions. The difference between these solutions is then taken to be the error of the (fourth-order) solution. This error estimate is very convenient for adaptive stepsize integration algorithms. Other similar integration methods are Fehlberg (RKF) and Cash Karp (RKCK).