On convergence of continuous half-explicit Runge-Kutta methods for a class of delay differential-algebraic equations (Q2192584)

In this paper, half-explicit Runge-Kutta (HERK) methods with continuous extension [\textit{Y. Linh} et al., J. Comput. Appl. Math. 262, 346--360 (2014;Zbl 1301.65089)] are investigated for a class of structured strangeness-free DDAEs with constant delay. Runge-Kutta discretizations applied directly to DAEs lead usually to order reduction. It is shown that the order reduction can be avoided by exploiting the special structure of DDAE and discretizing a modified form instead of the original one. In this way, the discrete and uniform convergence orders of the underlying continuous HERK methods are preserved and approximate solutions at delayed time are obtained by continuous output formulas. Numerical experiments are presented using various HERK methods to confirm the theoretical results. It is shown that the HERK methods yield cheaper numerical solutions in the case of large-sized and nonstiff problems compared with the existing collocation implicit methods.