An overview of the method of fundamental solutions—Solvability, uniqueness, convergence, and stability

AHD Cheng, Y Hong - Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper we give an overview of the Method of Fundamental Solutions (MFS) as a
heuristic numerical method. It is truly meshless. Its concept and numerical implementation …

On the choice of source points in the method of fundamental solutions

CJS Alves - Engineering analysis with boundary elements, 2009 - Elsevier
The method of fundamental solutions (MFS) may be seen as one of the simplest methods for
solving boundary value problems for some linear partial differential equations (PDEs). It is a …

Some comments on the ill-conditioning of the method of fundamental solutions

CS Chen, HA Cho, MA Golberg - Engineering Analysis with Boundary …, 2006 - Elsevier
In this paper, we consider the accuracy and stability of implementing the method of
fundamental solutions. In contrast to the results shown in [5], we find that Gaussian …

The method of fundamental solutions for Poisson's equation

MA Golberg - Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 1995 - Elsevier
We show how to extend the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) to solve Poisson's
equation in R2 and R2 without boundary or domain discretization. To do this an approximate …

Stability and convergence of the method of fundamental solutions for Helmholtz problems on analytic domains

AH Barnett, T Betcke - Journal of Computational Physics, 2008 - Elsevier
The method of fundamental solutions (MFS) is a popular tool to solve Laplace and
Helmholtz boundary value problems. Its main drawback is that it often leads to ill …

Methods of fundamental solutions for harmonic and biharmonic boundary value problems

A Poullikkas, A Karageorghis, G Georgiou - Computational Mechanics, 1998 - Springer
In this work, the use of the Method of Fundamental Solutions (MFS) for solving elliptic partial
differential equations is investigated, and the performance of various least squares routines …

A survey of applications of the MFS to inverse problems

A Karageorghis, D Lesnic, L Marin - Inverse Problems in Science …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The method of fundamental solutions (MFS) is a relatively new method for the numerical
solution of boundary value problems and initial/boundary value problems governed by …

An equilibrated method of fundamental solutions to choose the best source points for the Laplace equation

CS Liu - Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2012 - Elsevier
For the method of fundamental solutions (MFS), a trial solution is expressed as a linear
combination of fundamental solutions. However, the accuracy of MFS is heavily dependent …

A new method of fundamental solutions applied to nonhomogeneous elliptic problems

CJS Alves, CS Chen - Advances in Computational Mathematics, 2005 - Springer
The classical method of fundamental solutions (MFS) has only been used to approximate
the solution of homogeneous PDE problems. Coupled with other numerical schemes such …

A method of fundamental solutions without fictitious boundary

W Chen, FZ Wang - Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel meshless boundary method called the singular boundary
method (SBM). This method is mathematically simple, easy-to-program, and truly meshless …