Improving the numerical evaluation of certain oscillatory integrals (Q1822887)

A numerical method for the evaluation of oscillatory integrals of the form \(I(f)=\int^{\infty}_{0}e^{-at^ 2}f(t^ 2)\cos (bt)dt\) by expanding \(f(t^ 2)\) in a series of Laguerre polynomials. When the expansion converges fairly rapidly this method is comparable to some known rules; but when convergence is slow one uses a scaling parameter to accelerate convergence. A method for finding the optimum value for a scaling parameter is also provided.