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Many numerical and learning algorithms rely on the solution of the Monge-Kantorovich problem and Wasserstein distances, which provide appropriate distributional metrics. While the natural approach is to treat the problem as an…

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The dynamical formulation of the optimal transport can be extended through various choices of the underlying geometry (kinetic energy), and the regularization of density paths (potential energy). These combinations yield different…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-04 Kirill Neklyudov , Rob Brekelmans , Alexander Tong , Lazar Atanackovic , Qiang Liu , Alireza Makhzani

We develop a new finite volume method using unstructured mesh-vertex grids for coupled systems modeling shallow water flows and solute transport over complex bottom topography. Novel well-balanced positivity preserving discretization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-29 Hasan Karjoun , Abdelaziz Beljadid , Philippe G. LeFloch

We consider a class of convex optimization problems modelling temporal mass transport and mass change between two given mass distributions (the so-called dynamic formulation of unbalanced transport), where we focus on those models for which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-13 Bernhard Schmitzer , Benedikt Wirth

Classical stability theory for stochastic programming relies on the Wasserstein-Fortet-Mourier duality, which requires the ground cost to be a distance. When using problem-dependent costs instead of metrics, this duality no longer yields…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Nils Peyrousset , Benoît Tran

This paper presents existence and uniqueness results for a class of parabolic systems with non linear diffusion and nonlocal interaction. These systems can be viewed as regular perturbations of Wasserstein gradient flows. Here we extend…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-02 Maxime Laborde

In this paper, we develop a new mass conservative numerical scheme for the simulations of a class of fluid-structure interaction problems. We will use the immersed boundary method to model the fluid-structure interaction, while the fluid…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-21 Siu Wun Cheung , Eric Chung , Hyea Hyun Kim

Understanding fluid movement in multi-pored materials is vital for energy security and physiology. For instance, shale (a geological material) and bone (a biological material) exhibit multiple pore networks. Double porosity/permeability…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-30 K. B. Nakshatrala

We discuss structure-preserving numerical discretizations for repulsive and attractive Euler-Poisson equations that find applications in fluid-plasma and self-gravitation modeling. The scheme is fully discrete and structure preserving in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Matthias Maier , John N. Shadid , Ignacio Tomas

We present a new class of macroscopic models for pedestrian flows. Each individual is assumed to move towards a fixed target, deviating from the best path according to the instantaneous crowd distribution. The resulting equation is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-04-21 Rinaldo M. Colombo , Mauro Garavello , Magali Lécureux-Mercier

We consider a general formulation of gradient flow evolution for problems whose natural framework is the one of metric spaces. The applications we deal with are concerned with the evolution of {\it capacitary measures} with respect to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-09-27 Dorin Bucur , Giuseppe Buttazzo , Ulisse Stefanelli

We introduce a novel primal-dual flow for affine constrained convex optimization problems. As a modification of the standard saddle-point system, our primal-dual flow is proved to possess the exponential decay property, in terms of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-22 Hao Luo

In this paper, we present consistent and inconsistent discontinuous Galerkin methods for incompressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations with the kinematic pressure, Bernoulli function and EMAC function. Semi- and fully discrete energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Xi Chen , Yuwen Li , Corina Drapaca , John Cimbala

This paper explores numerical schemes for Temple-class systems, which are integral to various applications including one-dimensional two-phase flow, elasticity, traffic flow, and sedimentation. Temple-class systems are characterized by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Wei Chen , Shumo Cui , Kailiang Wu , Tao Xiong , Baoyue Yu

The accurate and efficient modeling of granular flows and their interactions with external bodies is an open research problem. Continuum methods can be used to capture complexities neglected by terramechanics models without the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-04-27 Amin Haeri , Krzysztof Skonieczny

Non-local systems of conservation laws play a crucial role in modeling flow mechanisms across various scenarios. The well-posedness of such problems is typically established by demonstrating the convergence of robust first-order schemes.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Nikhil Manoj , G. D. Veerappa Gowda , Sudarshan Kumar K

In this work, we propose a novel framework for the numerical solution of time-dependent conservation laws with implicit schemes via primal-dual hybrid gradient methods. We solve an initial value problem (IVP) for the partial differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-18 Siting Liu , Stanley Osher , Wuchen Li , Chi-Wang Shu

Hydrodynamics describes the evolution of macroscopic states in non--equilibrium thermodynamics. Following Onsager reciprocal relations, one can formulate a large class of hydrodynamic equations as gradient flows of free energies. In recent…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Wuchen Li

Radiation hydrodynamics simulations based on the one-fluid two-temperature model may violate the law of energy conservation because the governing equations are expressed in a nonconservative formulation. Here, we maintain the important…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-03-09 Takashi Shiroto , Soshi Kawai , Naofumi Ohnishi

We present some recent developments on shock capturing methods for nonlinear hyperbolic systems of balance laws, whose prototype is the Euler system of compressible fluid flows, and especially discuss {structure-preserving} techniques. The…

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