Some Critical Issues for the "Equation-Free" Approach to Multiscale Modeling

arXiv0806.1621MaRDI QIDQ6209868FDOQ6209868

Publication date: 10 June 2008

Abstract: The "equation-free approach has been proposed in recent years as a general framework for developing multiscale methods to efficiently capture the macroscale behavior of a system using only the microscale models. In this paper, we take a close look at some of the algorithms proposed under the "equation-free umbrella, the projective integrators and the patch dynamics. We discuss some very simple examples in the context of the "equation-free approach. These examples seem to indicate that while its general philosophy is quite attractive and indeed similar to many other approaches in concurrent multiscale modeling, there are severe limitations to the specific implementation proposed by the equation-free approach.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations (65L99) Numerical methods for partial differential equations, initial value and time-dependent initial-boundary value problems (65M99)

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