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An explicit high order semi-Lagrangian method is developed for solving Lagrangian transport equations in Eulerian-Lagrangian formulations. To ensure a semi-Lagrangian approximation that is consistent with an explicit Eulerian, discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-16 Hareshram Natarajan , Gustaaf B. Jacobs

The modeling of phenomenological structure is a crucial aspect in inverse imaging problems. One emerging modeling tool in computational imaging is the optimal transport framework. Its ability to model geometric displacements across an…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-12 John Lee , Nicholas P. Bertrand , Christopher J. Rozell

Approximating differential operators defined on two-dimensional surfaces is an important problem that arises in many areas of science and engineering. Over the past ten years, localized meshfree methods based on generalized moving least…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-11 Andrew M. Jones , Peter A. Bosler , Paul A. Kuberry , Grady B. Wright a

We present a uniform treatment of rigid supersymmetric field theories in a curved spacetime $\mathcal{M}$, focusing on four-dimensional theories with four supercharges. Our discussion is significantly simpler than earlier treatments,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-11 Guido Festuccia , Nathan Seiberg

Irrotational and monochromatic surface gravity waves possess a mean Lagrangian drift which transports mass and enhances mixing in the upper ocean. In the ocean, where many surface waves are present, it is commonly assumed that the mean…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-20 Aidan Blaser , Luc Lenain , Nick Pizzo

In this paper, the accuracy of two mesh-free approximation approaches, the Gravity model and Radial Basis Function, are compared. The two schemes' convergence behaviors prove that RBF is faster and more accurate than the Gravity model. As a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Amirehsan Ghasemi , Kelvin J Msechu , Arash Ghasemi , Mbakisya A. Onyango , Ignatius Fomunung , Joseph Owino

We present a numerical method for simulating rarefied gases that interact with moving boundaries and rigid bodies. The gas is described by the BGK equation in Lagrangian form and solved using an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method, in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Klaas Willems , Axel Klar , Giovanni Russo , Giovanni Samaey , Sudarshan Tiwari

Constrained radial basis function (RBF) regression has recently emerged as a powerful meshless tool for reconstructing continuous velocity fields from scattered flow measurements, particularly in image-based velocimetry. However, existing…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-27 Damien Rigutto , Manuel Ratz , Miguel A. Mendez

In this paper a local approximation method on the sphere is presented. As interpolation scheme we consider a partition of unity method, such as the modified spherical Shepard's method, which uses zonal basis functions (ZBFs) plus spherical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-08 Alessandra De Rossi

Machine-learning (ML) based discretization has been developed to simulate complex partial differential equations (PDEs) with tremendous success across various fields. These learned PDE solvers can effectively resolve the underlying solution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Yongsheng Chen , Wei Guo , Xinghui Zhong

We present and study techniques for investigating the spectra of linear differential operators on surfaces and flat domains using symmetric meshfree methods: meshfree methods that arise from finding norm-minimizing Hermite-Birkhoff…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-18 Daniel R. Venn , Steven J. Ruuth

We adapt and extend a formulation for soluble surfactant transport in multiphase flows recently presented by Muradoglu & Tryggvason (JCP 274 (2014) 737-757) to the context of the Level Contour Reconstruction Method (Shin et al. IJNMF 60…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-03-14 Seungwon Shin , Jalel Chergui , Damir Juric , Lyes Kahouadji , Omar K. Matar , Richard V. Craster

Mesh-free numerical methods offer flexibility in discretising complex geometries, showing potential where mesh-based methods struggle. While high-order approximations can be obtained via consistency correction using linear systems, they…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-04-18 Lucas Gerken Starepravo , Georgios Fourtakas , Steven Lind , Ajay Harish , Jack R. C. King

In this paper we describe a parallel implicit method based on radial basis functions (RBF) for surface reconstruction. The applicability of RBF methods is hindered by its computational demand, that requires the solution of linear systems of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-05-23 Salvatore Cuomo , Ardelio Gallettiy , Giulio Giuntay , Alfredo Staracey

Semi-Lagrangian methods have traditionally been developed in the framework of hyperbolic equations, but several extensions of the Semi-Lagrangian approach to diffusion and advection--diffusion problems have been proposed recently. These…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-05-20 L. Bonaventura , R. Ferretti

This research introduces MP-RBFN, a novel formulation leveraging Radial Basis Function Networks for efficiently learning Motion Primitives derived from optimal control problems for autonomous driving. While traditional motion planning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Marc Kaufeld , Mattia Piccinini , Johannes Betz

Approximation of scattered data is often a task in many engineering problems. The Radial Basis Function (RBF) approximation is appropriate for large scattered datasets in d-dimensional space. It is non-separable approximation, as it is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-13 Zuzana Majdisova , Vaclav Skala

We develop and test high-order methods for integration on surface point clouds. The task of integrating a function on a surface arises in a range of applications in engineering and the sciences, particularly those involving various integral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-12 Daniel R. Venn , Steven J. Ruuth

A semi-Lagrangian method for advection equation with hybrid cubic-rational interpolation is introduced. In the present method, the spatial profile of physical quantities is interpolated with a combination of a cubic and a rational function.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Masato Ida

Spatial stochastic processes that are modeled over the entire Earth's surface require statistical approaches that directly consider the spherical domain. Here, we extend the notion of intrinsic random functions (IRF) to model non-stationary…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-06-08 Chunfeng Huang , Haimeng Zhang , Scott M. Robeson , Jacob Shields