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A major obstacle to the application of the standard Radial Basis Function-generated Finite Difference (RBF-FD) meshless method is constituted by its inability to accurately and consistently solve boundary value problems involving Neumann…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-15 Riccardo Zamolo , Davide Miotti , Enrico Nobile

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

We present a generalization of the RBF-FD method that computes RBF-FD weights in finite-sized neighborhoods around the centers of RBF-FD stencils by introducing an overlap parameter $\delta \in [0,1]$ such that $\delta=1$ recovers the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-24 Varun Shankar

In this work, we propose an adaptive radial basis function (RBF) approach for the efficient solution of multidimensional spatiotemporal integrodifferential equations. Our approach can automatically adjust the shape of RBFs and provide an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Mingtao Xia , Qijing Shen

Boundary value problems on the unit sphere arise naturally in geophysics and oceanography when scientists model a physical quantity on large scales. Robust numerical methods play an important role in solving these problems. In this article,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-21 Quoc Thong Le Gia

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

Derivative boundary conditions introduce challenges for mesh-free discretizations of PDEs on surfaces, especially when the domain is represented by randomly sampled point clouds. The recently developed two-step tangent-space RBF-generated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Peng Chen , Shixiao Willing Jiang , Rongji Li , Qile Yan

A Radial Basis Function Generated Finite-Differences (RBF-FD) inspired technique for evaluating definite integrals over bounded volumes that have smooth boundaries in three dimensions is described. A key aspect of this approach is that it…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-11 Jonah A. Reeger

We derive stability estimates for three commonly used radial basis function (RBF) methods to solve hyperbolic time-dependent PDEs: the RBF generated finite difference (RBF-FD) method, the RBF partition of unity method (RBF-PUM) and Kansa's…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-27 Igor Tominec , Murtazo Nazarov , Elisabeth Larsson

Divergence-free (div-free) and curl-free vector fields are pervasive in many areas of science and engineering, from fluid dynamics to electromagnetism. A common problem that arises in applications is that of constructing smooth approximants…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-18 Kathryn P. Drake , Edward J. Fuselier , Grady B. Wright

This paper presents an adaptive hyperviscosity stabilisation procedure for the Radial Basis Function-generated Finite Difference (RBF-FD) method, aimed at solving linear and non-linear advection-dominated transport equations on domains…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Miha Rot , Žiga Vaupotič , Andrej Kolar-Požun , Gregor Kosec

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

In this paper, we present a method based on Radial Basis Function (RBF)-generated Finite Differences (FD) for numerically solving diffusion and reaction-diffusion equations (PDEs) on closed surfaces embedded in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Our method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-04 Varun Shankar , Grady B. Wright , Robert M. Kirby , Aaron L. Fogelson

This paper aims to survey our recent work relating to the radial basis function (RBF) from some new views of points. In the first part, we established the RBF on numerical integration analysis based on an intrinsic relationship between the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 W. Chen , M. Tanaka

We describe and test numerically an adaptive meshless generalized finite difference method based on radial basis functions that competes well with the finite element method on standard benchmark problems with reentrant corners of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Dang Thi Oanh , Oleg Davydov , Hoang Xuan Phu

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

Radial basis function generated finite difference (RBF-FD) methods for PDEs require a set of interpolation points which conform to the computational domain $\Omega$. One of the requirements leading to approximation robustness is to place…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Igor Tominec , Eva Breznik

Because of the high approximation power and simplicity of computation of smooth radial basis functions (RBFs), in recent decades they have received much attention for function approximation. These RBFs contain a shape parameter that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-23 Fatemeh Pooladi , Hossein Hosseinzadeh

Global radial basis function (RBF) collocation methods with inifinitely smooth basis functions for partial differential equations (PDEs) work in general geometries, and can have exponential convergence properties for smooth solution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-31 Elisabeth Larsson , Ulrika Sundin

In this article we present a modification of classical Radial Basis Function (RBF) interpolation techniques aimed at reducing oscillations near discontinuities in one and two dimensions. Our approach introduces an adaptive mechanism by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-25 José Kuruc , David Levin , Pep Mulet , Juan Ruiz-Álvarez , Dionisio F. Yáñez