English
Related papers

Related papers: Definitions of distance function in radial basis f…

200 papers

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

Learning a distance function or metric on a given data manifold is of great importance in machine learning and pattern recognition. Many of the previous works first embed the manifold to Euclidean space and then learn the distance function.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2014-05-09 Binbin Lin , Ji Yang , Xiaofei He , Jieping Ye

Radial Basis Function-generated Finite Differences (RBF-FD) is a popular variant of local strong-form meshless methods that do not require a predefined connection between the nodes, making it easier to adapt node-distribution to the problem…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Jure Močnik - Berljavac , Pankaj K Mishra , Jure Slak , Gregor Kosec

The success of intelligent robotic missions relies on integrating various research tasks, each demanding distinct representations. Designing task-specific representations for each task is costly and impractical. Unified representations…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-30 Lan Wu

Localized collocation methods based on radial basis functions (RBFs) for elliptic problems appear to be non-robust in the presence of Neumann boundary conditions. In this paper we overcome this issue by formulating the RBF-generated finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-16 Igor Tominec , Elisabeth Larsson , Alfa Heryudono

A radial basis function (RBF) method based on matrix-valued kernels is presented and analyzed for computing two types of vector decompositions on bounded domains: one where the normal component of the divergence-free part of the field is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-06 Edward J. Fuselier , Grady B. Wright

Recent developments have made it possible to overcome grid-based limitations of finite difference (FD) methods by adopting the kernel-based meshless framework using radial basis functions (RBFs). Such an approach provides a meshless…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-07 Pankaj K Mishra , Gregory E Fasshauer , Mrinal K Sen , Leevan Ling

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

This paper defines a distance function that measures the dissimilarity between planar geometric figures formed with straight lines. This function can in turn be used in partial matching of different geometric figures. For a given pair of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-12-06 Apoorva Honnegowda Roopa , Shrisha Rao

This paper introduces a novel meshfree methodology based on Radial Basis Function-Finite Difference (RBF-FD) approximations for the numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) on surfaces of codimension 1 embedded in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Víctor Bayona , Argyrios Petras , Cécile Piret , Steven J. Ruuth

Radial Basis Function-generated Finite Differences (RBF-FD) is a meshless method that can be used to numerically solve partial differential equations. The solution procedure consists of two steps. First, the differential operator is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Andrej Kolar-Požun , Mitja Jančič , Gregor Kosec

In the field of radial basis functions mathematicians have been endeavouring to find infinitely differentiable and compactly supported radial functions. This kind of functions is extremely important. One of the reasons is that its error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Lin-Tian Luh

What is the distance between two points in spacetime? This is a basic geometric question, which so far has no single, definitive answer. Unlike their Riemannian cousins, Lorentzian manifolds are not known to carry a canonical distance…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-09 Carlos Vega

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

The paper provides the fractional integrals and derivatives of the Rie\-mann-Liouville and Caputo type for the five kinds of radial basis functions (RBFs), including the powers, Gaussian, multiquadric, Matern and thin-plate splines, in one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-23 Maryam Mohammadi , Robert Schaback

Spherical radial basis functions are used to define approximate solutions to strongly elliptic pseudodifferential equations on the unit sphere. These equations arise from geodesy. The approximate solutions are found by the Galerkin and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-11-27 T. D. Pham , T. Tran

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

We introduce and investigate matrix approximation by decomposition into a sum of radial basis function (RBF) components. An RBF component is a generalization of the outer product between a pair of vectors, where an RBF function replaces the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-25 Elizaveta Rebrova , Yu-Hang Tang

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

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