High order positivity-preserving finite volume WENO schemes for a hierarchical size-structured population model |
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Authors: | Rui Zhang |
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Institution: | a Department of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR Chinab Department of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR Chinac Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA |
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Abstract: | In this paper we develop high order positivity-preserving finite volume weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) schemes for solving a hierarchical size-structured population model with nonlinear growth, mortality and reproduction rates. We carefully treat the technical complications in boundary conditions and global integration terms to ensure high order accuracy and the positivity-preserving property. Comparing with the previous high order difference WENO scheme for this model, the positivity-preserving finite volume WENO scheme has a comparable computational cost and accuracy, with the added advantages of being positivity-preserving and having L1 stability. Numerical examples, including that of the evolution of the population of Gambusia affinis, are presented to illustrate the good performance of the scheme. |
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Keywords: | Weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) schemes Finite volume schemes Accuracy Positivity-preserving |
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