An Improved Explicit Scheme for Age-Dependent Population Models with Spatial Diffusion

An Improved Explicit Scheme for Age-Dependent Population Models with Spatial Diffusion

Year:    2008

Author:    Galena Pelovska

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 5 (2008), Iss. 3 : pp. 466–490

Abstract

In this work we present three age-structured models with spatial dependence. We introduce an improved explicit method, namely Super-Time-Stepping (STS) developed for parabolic problems and we use its modification for the numerical treatment of our models. We explain how the acceleration scheme can be adapted to the age-dependent models. We prove convergence of the method in case of Dirichlet boundary conditions and we demonstrate the accuracy and the efficiency of the Modified STS comparing it with other numerical algorithms of same or higher order, namely the explicit, fully implicit and Crank-Nicolson standard schemes.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2008-IJNAM-822

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 5 (2008), Iss. 3 : pp. 466–490

Published online:    2008-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    25

Keywords:    population dynamics age-dependence linear diffusion linear and nonlinear models finite difference method numerical acceleration modified super-time-stepping.

Author Details

Galena Pelovska