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Inverse scattering problems have many important applications. In this paper, given limited aperture data, we propose a Bayesian method for the inverse acoustic scattering to reconstruct the shape of an obstacle. The inverse problem is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-05-30 Zhaoxiang Li , Zhiliang Deng , Jiguang Sun

In this paper we demonstrate a computational method to solve the inverse scattering problem for a star-shaped, smooth, penetrable obstacle in 2D. Our method is based on classical ideas from computational geometry. First, we approximate the…

This paper presents a fast high-order method for the solution of two-dimensional problems of scattering by penetrable inhomogeneous media, with application to high-frequency configurations containing (possibly) discontinuous refractivities.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Oscar P. Bruno , Ambuj Pandey

Consider the scattering of a time-harmonic plane wave by heterogeneous media consisting of linear or nonlinear point scatterers and extended obstacles. A generalized Foldy-Lax formulation is developed to take fully into account of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-22 Jun Lai , Ming Li , Peijun Li , Wei Li

In this paper, we will introduce a high order numerical method to solve the scattering problems with non-periodic incident fields and (locally perturbed) periodic surfaces. For the problems we are considering, the classical methods to treat…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-26 Ruming Zhang

Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering Problems (EISP) have gained wide applications in computational imaging. By solving EISP, the internal relative permittivity of the scatterer can be non-invasively determined based on the scattered…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-15 Ziyuan Luo , Boxin Shi , Haoliang Li , Renjie Wan

We consider the direct and inverse scattering problem for a penetrable, isotropic obstacle with a second-order Robin boundary condition, which asymptotically models the delamination of the boundary of the scatterer. We develop a direct…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Govanni Granados , Isaac Harris , Andreas Kleefeld

Three papers describing different methods to solve the inverse scattering problem of the reconstruction of the shape and/or impedance of an obstacle have been chosen for analysis. This literature review consists of an evaluation of these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-14 Sarika Karanth , Shobha M. Erappa

In this paper, we develop a high order numerical method for the numerical solutions of scattering problems with slightly perturbed periodic surfaces in two dimensional spaces. Based on the regularity property introduced in Part I, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-27 Ruming Zhang

Due to manufacturing defects or wear and tear, industrial components may have uncertainties. In order to evaluate the performance of machined components, it is crucial to quantify the uncertainty of the scattering surface. This brings up an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-28 Yi Wang , Lei Lin , Junliang Lv

The formulation of the on-surface radiation condition (OSRC) is extended to handle wave scattering problems in the presence of multiple obstacles. The new multiple-OSRC simultaneously accounts for the outgoing behavior of the wave fields,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-04-22 Sebastian Acosta

This study investigates numerical methods to solve nonlinear transport problems characterized by various sorption isotherms with a focus on the Freundlich type of isotherms. We describe and compare second order accurate numerical schemes,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Dagmar Zakova , Peter Frolkovic

Inverse medium scattering is an ill-posed, nonlinear wave-based imaging problem arising in medical imaging, remote sensing, and non-destructive testing. Machine learning (ML) methods offer increased inference speed and flexibility in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-12-12 Olivia Tsang , Owen Melia , Vasileios Charisopoulos , Jeremy Hoskins , Yuehaw Khoo , Rebecca Willett

The indefinite least squares (ILS) problem is a generalization of the famous linear least squares problem. It minimizes an indefinite quadratic form with respect to a signature matrix. For this problem, we first propose an impressively…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-30 Yanjun Zhang , Hanyu Li

This paper investigates the inverse scattering problems using sampling methods with near field measurements. The near field measurements appear in two classical inverse scattering problems: the inverse scattering for obstacles and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-02 Xiaodong Liu , Shixu Meng , Bo Zhang

We propose a direct imaging method based on the reverse time migration to reconstruct extended obstacles in the half space with finite aperture elastic scattering data at a fixed frequency. We prove the resolution of the reconstruction…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Zhiming Chen , Shiqi Zhou

This paper investigates the inverse biharmonic scattering problems of identifying the shape and location of the obstacle with phased and phaseless measurement data. A direct imaging method based on reverse time migration is proposed for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Tielei Zhu , Zhihao Ge

We consider the solvability of the direct scattering problem of an obliquely incident time-harmonic electromagnetic wave by a piecewise constant inhomogeneous, penetrable and infinitely long cylinder. We prove the existence and uniqueness…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-23 Drossos Gintides , Sotiris Giogiakas , Leonidas Mindrinos

This paper is concerned with the direct and inverse acoustic or electromagnetic scattering problems by a locally perturbed, perfectly reflecting, infinite plane (which is called a locally rough surface in this paper). We propose a novel…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-02-04 Haiwen Zhang , Bo Zhang

This paper addresses the inverse obstacle scattering problem of simultaneously reconstructing the obstacle geometry and boundary conditions from multi-frequency near-field backscattering data. We first establish rigorous high-frequency…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Jialei Li , Xiaodong Liu