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A collocation technique based on modified form of trigonometric cubic B-spline basis functions for Fisher’s reaction-diffusion equation

Neeraj Dhiman (Department of Mathematics, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, India)
Mohammad Tamsir (Department of Mathematics, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, India)

Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures

ISSN: 1573-6105

Article publication date: 20 September 2018

Issue publication date: 29 October 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present a modified form of trigonometric cubic B-spline (TCB) collocation method to solve nonlinear Fisher’s type equations. Taylor series expansion is used to linearize the nonlinear part of the problem. Five examples are taken for analysis. The obtained results are better than those obtained by some numerical methods as well as exact solutions. It is noted that the modified form of TCB collocation method is an economical and efficient technique to approximate the solution PDEs. The authors also carried out the stability analysis which proves that the method is unconditionally stable.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors present a modified form of TCB collocation method to solve nonlinear Fisher’s type equations. Taylor series expansion is used to linearize the nonlinear part of the problem. The authors also carried out the stability analysis.

Findings

The authors found that the proposed method results are better than those obtained by some numerical methods as well as exact solutions. It is noted that the modified form of TCB collocation method is an economical and efficient technique to approximate the solution PDEs.

Originality/value

The authors propose a new method, namely, modified form of TCB collocation method. In the authors’ best knowledge, aforesaid method is not proposed by any other author. The authors used this method to solve nonlinear Fisher’s type equations and obtained more accurate results than the results obtained by other methods.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are very thankful to the editor and reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions to improve the quality of the paper.

Citation

Dhiman, N. and Tamsir, M. (2018), "A collocation technique based on modified form of trigonometric cubic B-spline basis functions for Fisher’s reaction-diffusion equation", Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Vol. 14 No. 5, pp. 923-939. https://doi.org/10.1108/MMMS-12-2017-0150

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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