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We present a new iterative technique based on radial basis function (RBF) interpolation and smoothing for the generation and smoothing of curvilinear meshes from straight-sided or other curvilinear meshes. Our technique approximates the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-11 Vidhi Zala , Varun Shankar , Shankar P. Sastry , Robert M. Kirby

The computation of global radial basis function (RBF) approximations requires the solution of a linear system which, depending on the choice of RBF parameters, may be ill-conditioned. We study the stability and accuracy of approximation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-24 Ben Adcock , Daan Huybrechs , Cécile Piret

Hybrid methods for simulating rarefied gas flows reduce computational cost by coupling a particle-based model, typically the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method, to a continuum-based solver, i.e. a computational fluid dynamics (CFD)…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-28 Arshad Kamal , Arun K. Chinnappan , James R. Kermode , Duncan A. Lockerby

Random feature (RF) method is a powerful kernel approximation technique, but is typically equipped with fixed activation functions, limiting its adaptability across diverse tasks. To overcome this limitation, we introduce the Random Feature…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Zailin Ma , Jiansheng Yang , Yaodong Yang

In this paper we consider two sources of enhancement for the meshfree Lagrangian particle method smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) by improving the accuracy of the particle approximation. Namely, we will consider shape functions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-12-02 R. A. Brownlee , P. Houston , J. Levesley , S. Rosswog

In this paper, we study the Radial Basis Function (RBF) approximation to differential operators on smooth tensor fields defined on closed Riemannian submanifolds of Euclidean space, identified by randomly sampled point cloud data. {The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-23 John Harlim , Shixiao Willing Jiang , John Wilson Peoples

Meshless solution to differential equations using radial basis functions (RBF) is an alternative to grid based methods commonly used. Since the meshless method does not need an underlying connectivity in the form of control volumes or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-15 Shantanu Shahane , Anand Radhakrishnan , Surya Pratap Vanka

Radial basis functions (RBFs) are prominent examples for reproducing kernels with associated reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHSs). The convergence theory for the kernel-based interpolation in that space is well understood and optimal…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-09-15 Thomas Hangelbroek , Christian Rieger

We propose a method to parameterize a coarse grained model for the hydrodynamic friction between nearly touching rough spheres in suspension flows. The frictional resistance due to surface roughness primarily alters the sliding and rolling…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-03-15 Madhu V. Majji , James W. Swan

Radial basis functions (RBFs) play an important role in function interpolation, in particular in an arbitrary set of interpolation nodes. The accuracy of the interpolation depends on a parameter called the shape parameter. There are many…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Maria Han Veiga , Faezeh Nassajian Mojarrad , Fatemeh Nassajian Mojarrad

In this work, we analyse space-time reduced basis methods for the efficient numerical simulation of hemodynamics in arteries. The classical formulation of the reduced basis (RB) method features dimensionality reduction in space, while…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-03 Riccardo Tenderini , Nicholas Mueller , Simone Deparis

In this paper, we investigate the application of radial basis functions (RBFs) for the approximation with collocation of the Stokes problem. The approximate solution is constructed in a multi-level fashion, each level using compactly…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-29 Andrew Chernih , Quoc Thong Le Gia

Most problems in electrodynamics do not have an analytical solution so much effort has been put in the development of numerical schemes, such as the finite-difference method, volume element methods, boundary element methods, and related…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-03 L. Ponzellini Marinelli , L. Raviola

Stokes flows with near-touching rigid particles induce near-singular lubrication forces under relative motion, making their accurate numerical treatment challenging. With the aim of controlling the accuracy with a computationally cheap…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Anna Broms , Alex H. Barnett , Anna-Karin Tornberg

We propose and test the first Reduced Radial Basis Function Method (R$^2$BFM) for solving parametric partial differential equations on irregular domains. The two major ingredients are a stable Radial Basis Function (RBF) solver that has an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-09 Yanlai Chen , Sigal Gottlieb , Alfa Heryudono , Akil Narayan

A recent trend in Non-Rigid Structure-from-Motion (NRSfM) is to express local, differential constraints between pairs of images, from which the surface normal at any point can be obtained by solving a system of polynomial equations. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-14 Shaifali Parashar , Yuxuan Long , Mathieu Salzmann , Pascal Fua

Approximation of scattered geometric data is often a task in many engineering problems. The Radial Basis Function (RBF) approximation is appropriate for large scattered (unordered) datasets in d-dimensional space. This method is useful for…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-04-19 Zuzana Majdisova , Vaclav Skala

The direct method used for calculating smooth radial basis function (RBF) interpolants in the flat limit becomes numerically unstable. The RBF-QR algorithm bypasses this ill-conditioning using a clever change of basis technique. We extend…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Kathryn P. Drake , Grady B. Wright

Approximation of scattered data is often a task in many engineering problems. The Radial Basis Function (RBF) approximation is appropriate for large scattered (unordered) datasets in d-dimensional space. This approach is useful for a higher…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2018-06-21 Zuzana Majdisova , Vaclav Skala

Multiphysics simulations frequently require transferring solution fields between subproblems with non-matching spatial discretizations, typically using interpolation techniques. Standard methods are usually based on measuring the closeness…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-07 Michele Bucelli , Francesco Regazzoni , Luca Dede' , Alfio Quarteroni