A boundary element approach for parabolic differential equations using a class of particular solutions (Q1208782)

This interesting paper introduces two alternative direct boundary element approaches to solve a class of parabolic differential equations. Both techniques avoid domain integration terms using a dual-reciprocity like procedure: radial basis functions are employed to generate particular solutions which eliminate the need for time consuming interior integrals. The techniques use finite differences in time and differ in the way in which the generalized ``forcing function'' is defined. Two examples \((2D)\) are discussed and the authors point out the advantages and limitations of the two approaches.