A posteriori error estimates for the generalized Schwarz method of a new class of advection‐diffusion equation with mixed boundary condition

In this paper, a posteriori error estimates for the generalized Schwarz method with mixed boundary condition on the interfaces for advection‐diffusion equation with second‐order boundary value problems are proved using theta time scheme combined with Galerkin spatial method. Furthermore, a asymptotic behavior in Sobolev norm is deduced using Benssoussan‐Lions' algorithm.     

Functional a posteriori error estimates for discontinuous Galerkin approximations of elliptic problems

In this article, we develop functional a posteriori error estimates for discontinuous Galerkin (DG) approximations of elliptic boundary‐value problems. These estimates are based on a certain projection of DG approximations to the respective energy space and functional a posteriori estimates for conforming approximations developed by S. Repin (see e.g., Math Comp 69 (2000) 481–500). On these grounds, we derive two‐sided guaranteed and computable bounds for the errors in “broken” energy norms. A series of numerical examples presented confirm the efficiency of the estimates. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2009     

Implicit a posteriori error estimates for the Maxwell equations

An implicit a posteriori error estimation technique is presented and analyzed for the numerical solution of the time-harmonic Maxwell equations using Nédélec edge elements. For this purpose we define a weak formulation for the error on each element and provide an efficient and accurate numerical solution technique to solve the error equations locally. We investigate the well-posedness of the error equations and also consider the related eigenvalue problem for cubic elements. Numerical results for both smooth and non-smooth problems, including a problem with reentrant corners, show that an accurate prediction is obtained for the local error, and in particular the error distribution, which provides essential information to control an adaptation process. The error estimation technique is also compared with existing methods and provides significantly sharper estimates for a number of reported test cases.

     

A posteriori error estimates of spectral method for optimal control problems governed by parabolic equations

In this paper,we investigate the Legendre Galerkin spectral approximation of quadratic optimal control problems governed by parabolic equations.A spectral approximation scheme for the parabolic optimal control problem is presented.We obtain a posteriori error estimates of the approximated solutions for both the state and the control.     

A posteriori error estimates with the finite element method of lines for a Sobolev equation

A posteriori error estimates for semidiscrete finite element methods for a nonlinear Sobolev equation are considered. The error estimates are obtained by solving local nonlinear or linear pseudo‐parabolic equations for corrections to the solution on each element. The ratios of these estimates and the true errors are proved to converge to 1, implying that the estimates can be used as indicators in adaptive schemes for the problem. Numerical results underline our theoretical results. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2005     

A posteriori error estimates of stabilized finite volume method for the Stokes equations

In this work, the residual‐type posteriori error estimates of stabilized finite volume method are studied for the steady Stokes problem based on two local Gauss integrations. By using the residuals between the source term and numerical solutions, the computable global upper and local lower bounds for the errors of velocity in H¹ norm and pressure in L² norm are derived. Furthermore, a global upper bound of u ? u_h in L²‐norm is also derived. Finally, some numerical experiments are provided to verify the performances of the established error estimators. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Elliptic reconstruction and a posteriori error estimates for parabolic optimal control problems

In this article, a semidiscrete finite element method for parabolic optimal control problems is investigate. By using elliptic reconstruction, a posteriori error estimates for finite element discretizations of optimal control problem governed by parabolic equations with integral constraints are derived.     

A posteriori error estimates for FEM with violated Galerkin orthogonality

This article investigates Petrov‐Galerkin discretizations of operator equations with linearly stable operators, where the residual does not belong to the annihilator W of the discrete test space W_h. Conforming and nonconforming methods are considered separately, and for the treatment of the nonconforming situation the concept of elliptic lifting is introduced. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 18: 241–259, 2002; DOI 10.1002/num.1005     

Asymptotically exact a posteriori local discontinuous Galerkin error estimates for the one‐dimensional second‐order wave equation

In this article, we analyze a residual‐based a posteriori error estimates of the spatial errors for the semidiscrete local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) method applied to the one‐dimensional second‐order wave equation. These error estimates are computationally simple and are obtained by solving a local steady problem with no boundary condition on each element. We apply the optimal L² error estimates and the superconvergence results of Part I of this work [Baccouch, Numer Methods Partial Differential Equations 30 (2014), 862–901] to prove that, for smooth solutions, these a posteriori LDG error estimates for the solution and its spatial derivative, at a fixed time, converge to the true spatial errors in the L²‐norm under mesh refinement. The order of convergence is proved to be , when p‐degree piecewise polynomials with are used. As a consequence, we prove that the LDG method combined with the a posteriori error estimation procedure yields both accurate error estimates and superconvergent solutions. Our computational results show higher convergence rate. We further prove that the global effectivity indices, for both the solution and its derivative, in the L²‐norm converge to unity at rate while numerically they exhibit and rates, respectively. Numerical experiments are shown to validate the theoretical results. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 31: 1461–1491, 2015     

A posteriori error estimates of functional type for variational problems related to generalized Newtonian fluids

The paper is focused on functional type a posteriori estimates of the difference between the exact solution of a variational problem modelling certain types of generalized Newtonian fluids and any function from the admissible energy class. In contrast to the a posteriori estimates obtained for example by the finite element method our estimates do not contain any local (mesh dependent) constants, and therefore they can be used regardless of the way in which an approximation has been constructed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A posteriori error estimates of discontinuous Galerkin methods for non-standard Volterra integro-differential equations

^** Email: jingtang{at}lsec.cc.ac.cn^*** Email: hermann{at}math.mun.ca In this paper we establish a posteriori error estimates forthe discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method applied to linear, semilinearand non-standard (non-linear) Volterra integro-differentialequations. We also present an analysis of the DG method withquadrature for the memory term. Numerical experiments basedon three integro-differential equations are used to illustratevarious aspects of the error analysis.     

A posteriori error estimates of mixed DG finite element methods for linear parabolic equations

In this article, we analyse a posteriori error estimates of mixed finite element discretizations for linear parabolic equations. The space discretization is done using the order λ?≥?1 Raviart–Thomas mixed finite elements, whereas the time discretization is based on discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods (r?≥?1). Using the duality argument, we derive a posteriori l ^∞(L ²) error estimates for the scalar function, assuming that only the underlying mesh is static.     

An a posteriori error estimator for the Lame equation based on equilibrated fluxes

Katharina Witowski ^{We derive a new a posteriori error estimator for the Lamésystem based on H(div)-conforming elements and equilibratedfluxes. It is shown that the estimator gives rise to an upperbound where the constant is one up to higher-order terms. Thelower bound is also established using Argyris elements. Thereliability and efficiency of the proposed estimator are confirmedby some numerical tests.}     

A posteriori error estimates for a time discrete scheme for a phase-field system of Penrose-Fife type

A time discrete scheme is used to approximate the solution toa phase field system of Penrose–Fife type with a non-conservedorder parameter. An a posteriori error estimate is presentedthat allows the estimation of the difference between continuousand semidiscrete solutions by quantities that can be calculatedfrom the approximation and given data.     

A posteriori estimates for the Bubble Stabilized Discontinuous Galerkin Method

In this paper, two reliable and efficient a posteriori error estimators for the Bubble Stabilized Discontinuous Galerkin (BSDG) method for diffusion-reaction problems in two and three dimensions are derived. The theory is followed by some numerical illustrations.     

Superconvergence analysis and a posteriori error estimation of a finite element method for an optimal control problem governed by integral equations

In this paper, we discuss the numerical simulation for a class of constrained optimal control problems governed by integral equations. The Galerkin method is used for the approximation of the problem. A priori error estimates and a superconvergence analysis for the approximation scheme are presented. Based on the results of the superconvergence analysis, a recovery type a posteriori error estimator is provided, which can be used for adaptive mesh refinement. The research project is supported by the National Basic Research Program under the Grant 2005CB321701 and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under the Grant 10771211.     

Energy norm a posteriori error estimates for mixed finite element methods

This paper deals with the a posteriori error analysis of mixed finite element methods for second order elliptic equations. It is shown that a reliable and efficient error estimator can be constructed using a postprocessed solution of the method. The analysis is performed in two different ways: under a saturation assumption and using a Helmholtz decomposition for vector fields.

     

A posteriori error estimates for finite element approximations to the wave equation with discontinuous coefficients

We derive residual‐based a posteriori error estimates of finite element method for linear wave equation with discontinuous coefficients in a two‐dimensional convex polygonal domain. A posteriori error estimates for both the space‐discrete case and for implicit fully discrete scheme are discussed in L^∞(L²) norm. The main ingredients used in deriving a posteriori estimates are new Clément type interpolation estimates in conjunction with appropriate adaption of the elliptic reconstruction technique of continuous and discrete solutions. We use only an energy argument to establish a posteriori error estimates with optimal order convergence in the L^∞(L²) norm.     

A posteriori estimates for eigenvalue/vector approximations

We combine abstract eigenvalue/eigenvector estimates (from our earlier work) with a saturation assumption for finite element solution of associated stationary problem to obtain a posteriori estimates of the accuracy of finite element Rayleigh–Ritz approximations. Attention will be payed to the interplay between the accuracy estimate for the finite element method and a strategy for generating an adapted mesh. The obtained results use a preconditioned residuum of Neymeyr and extend his study of eigenvalue approximations with eigenvector estimates. We also prove that this eigenvalue estimator is equivalent to the global error. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)