A Finite Difference Method for Stochastic Nonlinear Second-Order Boundary-Value Problems Driven by Additive Noises

A Finite Difference Method for Stochastic Nonlinear Second-Order Boundary-Value Problems Driven by Additive Noises

Year:    2020

Author:    Mahboub Baccouch

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 17 (2020), Iss. 3 : pp. 368–389

Abstract

In this paper, we present a finite difference method for stochastic nonlinear second-order boundary-value problems (BVPs) driven by additive noises. We first approximate the white noise process with its piecewise constant approximation to obtain an approximate stochastic BVP. The solution to the new BVP is shown to converge to the solution of the original BVP at $\mathcal{O}$($h$) in the mean-square sense. The approximate BVP is shown to have certain regularity properties which are not true in general for the solution to the original stochastic BVP. The standard finite difference method for deterministic BVPs is then applied to approximate the solution of the new stochastic BVP. Convergence analysis is presented for the numerical solution based on the standard finite difference method. We prove that the finite difference solution converges to the solution to the original stochastic BVP at $\mathcal{O}$($h$) in the mean-square sense. Finally, we perform several numerical examples to validate the theoretical results.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2020-IJNAM-16864

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 17 (2020), Iss. 3 : pp. 368–389

Published online:    2020-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    22

Keywords:    Stochastic nonlinear boundary-value problems finite difference method additive white noise mean-square convergence order of convergence.

Author Details

Mahboub Baccouch