| Abstract: | In this work, numerical solution of nonlinear modified Burgers equation is obtained using an improvised collocation technique with cubic B‐spline as basis functions. In this technique, cubic B‐splines are forced to satisfy the interpolatory condition along with some specific end conditions. Crank–Nicolson scheme is used for temporal domain and improvised cubic B‐spline collocation method is used for spatial domain discretization. Quasilinearization process is followed to tackle the nonlinear term in the equation. Convergence of the technique is established to be of order O(h4 + Δt2) . Stability of the technique is examined using von‐Neumann analysis. L2 and L∞ error norms are calculated and are compared with those available in existing works. Results are found to be better and the technique is computationally efficient, which is shown by calculating CPU time. |
