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Scattered data fitting is a frequently encountered problem for reconstructing an unknown function from given scattered data. Radial basis function (RBF) methods have proven to be highly useful to deal with this problem. We describe two…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-21 Lingxia Cui , Hua Xiang

We present a numerical framework for solving neural field equations on surfaces using Radial Basis Function (RBF) interpolation and quadrature. Neural field models describe the evolution of macroscopic brain activity, but modeling studies…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-19 Sage B Shaw , Zachary P Kilpatrick , Daniele Avitabile

Meshfree methods based on radial basis function (RBF) approximation are of interest for numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) because they are flexible with respect to the geometry of the computational domain, they can…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Ali Safdari-Vaighani , Elisabeth Larsson , Alfa Heryudono

Chebyshev pseudospectral (PS) methods are reported to provide highly accurate solution using polynomial approximation. Use of polynomial basis functions in PS algorithms limits the formulation to univariate systems constraining it to tensor…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-12-01 Pankaj K Mishra , Sankar K Nath

The heterogeneous distribution of water-repellent materials at the soil surface causes a phenomenon known as fractional wettability. This condition frequently triggers destabilization of the wetting front during water infiltration,…

Meshfree radial basis function (RBF) methods are popular tools used to numerically solve partial differential equations (PDEs). They take advantage of being flexible with respect to geometry, easy to implement in higher dimensions, and can…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-29 G. Garmanjani , R. Cavoretto , M. Esmaeilbeigi

In this paper we introduce an optimal control approach to Richards' equation in an irrigation framework, aimed at minimizing water consumption while maximizing root water uptake. We first describe the physics of the nonlinear model under…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-13 Marco Berardi , Fabio V. Difonzo , Roberto Guglielmi

A new lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is introduced, based on a regularization of the pre-collision distribution functions in terms of the local density, velocity, and momentum flux tensor. The model dramatically improves the precision and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jonas Latt , Bastien Chopard

In this research work, let us focus on the construction of numerical scheme based on radial basis functions finite difference (RBF-FD) method combined with the Laplace transform for the solution of fractional order dispersive wave…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-15 Hameed Ullah Jan , Marjan Uddin , Irshad Ali Shah , Salam Ullah Khan

The paper introduces a new meshfree pseudospectral method based on Gaussian radial basis functions (RBFs) collocation to solve fractional Poisson equations. Hypergeometric functions are used to represent the fractional Laplacian of Gaussian…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-01 Xiaochuan Tian , Yixuan Wu , Yanzhi Zhang

This contribution presents a model order reduction framework for real-time efficient solution of trimmed, multi-patch isogeometric Kirchhoff-Love shells. In several scenarios, such as design and shape optimization, multiple simulations need…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Margarita Chasapi , Pablo Antolin , Annalisa Buffa

The Kirchhoff model describes the statics and dynamics of thin rods within the approximations of the linear elasticity theory. In this paper we develop a method, based on a shooting technique, to find equilibrium configurations of finite…

Biological Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Alexandre F. da Fonseca , Marcus A. M. de Aguiar , .

The spatiotemporal water flow dynamics in unsaturated soils can generally be modeled by the Richards equation. To overcome the computational challenges associated with solving this highly nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE), we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-30 Zeyuan Song , Zheyu Jiang

In this contribution we consider localized, robust and efficient a-posteriori error estimation of the localized reduced basis multi-scale (LRBMS) method for parametric elliptic problems with possibly heterogeneous diffusion coefficient. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-30 Mario Ohlberger , Felix Schindler

In this paper, we solve nonlinear conservation laws using the radial basis function generated finite difference (RBF-FD) method. Nonlinear conservation laws have solutions that entail strong discontinuities and shocks, which give rise to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-06 Igor Tominec , Murtazo Nazarov

Over the past few decades, tremendous progress has been made in the development of particle-based discrete simulation methods versus the conventional continuum-based methods. In particular, the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method has evolved from…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-12-08 Qing Li , K. H. Luo , Q. J. Kang , Y. L. He , Q. Chen , Q. Liu

The Kirchhoff-Plateau problem concerns the equilibrium shapes of a system in which a flexible filament in the form of a closed loop is spanned by a liquid film, with the filament being modeled as a Kirchhoff rod and the action of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-06-16 Giulio G. Giusteri , Luca Lussardi , Eliot Fried

We develop a unified framework for a broad class of nonlocal elliptic problems, encompassing a wide spectrum of nonlocal terms, including the classical Kirchhoff and Carrier-type equations as particular cases, and nonlinearities having…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-25 L. Gasinski , H. Ramos Quoirin , J. Santos Junior , K. Silva

Bilevel optimization is a fundamental tool in hierarchical decision-making and has been widely applied to machine learning tasks such as hyperparameter tuning, meta-learning, and continual learning. While significant progress has been made…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Nazanin Abolfazli , Sina Sharifi , Mahyar Fazlyab , Erfan Yazdandoost Hamedani

A boundary thickening-based direct forcing (BTDF) immersed boundary (IB) method is proposed for fully resolved simulation of incompressible viscous flows laden with finite size particles. By slightly thickening the boundary thickness, the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-06-26 Maoqiang Jiang , Zhaohui Liu