A numerical approach for solving an extended Fisher-Kolomogrov-Petrovskii-Piskunov equation

  • Authors:
  • S. A. Khuri;A. Sayfy

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates;Department of Mathematics and Statistics, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In the present paper a numerical method, based on finite differences and spline collocation, is presented for the numerical solution of a generalized Fisher integro-differential equation. A composite weighted trapezoidal rule is manipulated to handle the numerical integrations which results in a closed-form difference scheme. A number of test examples are solved to assess the accuracy of the method. The numerical solutions obtained, indicate that the approach is reliable and yields results compatible with the exact solutions and consistent with other existing numerical methods. Convergence and stability of the scheme have also been discussed.