A robust a-posteriori error estimator for discontinuous Galerkin methods for convection-diffusion equations

Applied Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2236-2255

  Schötzau, Dominik ^a   Zhu, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convection diffusion equations; Discontinuous Galerkin methods; Robust a posteriori error estimation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT STRATEGY; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; CONVECTION-DOMINATED; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS; DISCRETIZATIONS; ENERGY NORM; ERROR ESTIMATORS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATOR; ROBUST A-POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATION; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

CONTROL THEORY; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; HEAT CONVECTION;

GALERKIN METHODS;

EID: 67349274154     PISSN: 01689274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnum.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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