1. MERGING COMPUTATIONAL ELEMENTS IN VORTEX SIMULATIONS.
- Author
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Rossi, Louis F.
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GAUSSIAN processes ,GAUSSIAN distribution ,GAUSSIAN measures ,SIMULATION methods & models ,VORTEX motion ,MATHEMATICAL programming ,MATHEMATICS ,ALGORITHMS - Abstract
This paper analyzes the process of merging groups of many Gaussian basis functions into a single basis function in vortex simulations. Analysis of the equations governing this process yields fundamental parameters and uniform estimates of the merger-induced error. In a merging event, the uniform error bound depends only on relationships between nearby computational elements permitting fast and effective merging schemes. In this paper, one such algorithm is proposed and demonstrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 1997
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