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We consider the problem of identifying a sparse initial source condition to achieve a given state distribution of a diffusion-advection partial differential equation after a given final time. The initial condition is assumed to be a finite…

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Diffusion is a fundamental physical phenomenon with critical applications in fields such as metallurgy, cell biology, and population dynamics. While standard diffusion is well-understood, anomalous diffusion often requires complex non-local…

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We present a new hyperviscosity formulation for stabilizing radial basis function-finite difference (RBF-FD) discretizations of advection-diffusion-reaction equations on manifolds $\mathbb{M} \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ of co-dimension one. Our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-27 Varun Shankar , Grady B. Wright , Akil Narayan

Building on recent advances in scientific machine learning and generative modeling for computational fluid dynamics, we propose a conditional score-based diffusion model designed for multi-scenarios fluid flow prediction. Our model…

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Models of diffusive processes that occur on evolving domains are frequently employed to describe biological and physical phenomena, such as diffusion within expanding tissues or substrates. Previous investigations into these models either…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2023-10-09 Stuart T. Johnston , Matthew J. Simpson

A new method for the optimal solutions is proposed. Originating from the continuous-time dynamics stability theory in the control field, the optimal solution is anticipated to be obtained in an asymptotically evolving way. By introducing a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-04-11 Sheng Zhang , En-Mi Yong , Wei-Qi Qian , Kai-Feng He

Weighted averaged finite difference methods for solving fractional diffusion equations are discussed and different formulae of the discretization of the Riemann-Liouville derivative are considered. The stability analysis of the different…

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This paper aims first to perform robust continuous analysis of a mixed nonlinear formulation for stress-assisted diffusion of a solute that interacts with an elastic material, and second to propose and analyse a virtual element formulation…

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In this paper, we propose and analyze a numerically stable and convergent scheme for a convection-diffusion-reaction equation in the convection-dominated regime. Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods are considered since standard finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-10 Satyajith Bommana Boyana , Thomas Lewis , Sijing Liu , Yi Zhang

We consider an advection-diffusion equation that is advection-dominated and posed on a perforated domain. On the boundary of the perforations, we set either homogeneous Dirichlet or homogeneous Neumann conditions. The purpose of this work…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-26 Claude Le Bris , Frederic Legoll , Francois Madiot

This paper develops and analyzes an efficient numerical method for solving elliptic partial differential equations, where the diffusion coefficients are random perturbations of deterministic diffusion coefficients. The method is based upon…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-30 X. Feng , J. Lin. , C. Lorton

This work is devoted to the numerical approximation of high-dimensional advection-diffusion equations. It is well-known that classical methods, such as the finite volume method, suffer from the curse of dimensionality, and that their time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Emmanuel Franck , Victor Michel-Dansac , Laurent Navoret , Vincent Vigon

We study a fully discrete finite element method for variable-order time-fractional diffusion equations with a time-dependent variable order. Optimal convergence estimates are proved with the first-order accuracy in time (and second order…

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In this paper, we present optimal error estimates of the local discontinuous Galerkin method with generalized numerical fluxes for one-dimensional nonlinear convection-diffusion systems. The upwind-biased flux with adjustable numerical…

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This paper develops and analyzes a general iterative framework for solving parameter-dependent and random convection-diffusion problems. It is inspired by the multi-modes method of [7,8] and the ensemble method of [20] and extends those…

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The optimization of mixed-variable problems remains a significant challenge. We propose an extension of the policy-based optimization method that handles mixed-variables problems in a natural way, through a simple policy combination. This…

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A variation principle for mass transport in solids is derived that recasts transport coefficients as minima of local thermodynamic average quantities. The result is independent of diffusion mechanism, and applies to amorphous and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-12-05 Dallas R. Trinkle

We develop new variational principles to study stability and equilibrium of axisymmetric flows. We show that there is an infinite number of steady state solutions. We show that these steady states maximize a (non-universal) $H$-function. We…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-08-16 Nicolas Leprovost , Bérengère Dubrulle , Pierre-Henri Chavanis

We consider the numerical approximation of the ill-posed data assimilation problem for stationary convection-diffusion equations and extend our previous analysis in [Numer. Math. 144, 451--477, 2020] to the convection-dominated regime.…

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