Error estimators for advection-reaction-diffusion equations based on the solution of local problems

  • Authors:
  • Rodolfo Araya;Edwin Behrens;Rodolfo Rodríguez

  • Affiliations:
  • GI2MA, Departamento de Ingeniería Matemática, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile;Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Casilla 297, Concepción, Chile;GI2MA, Departamento de Ingeniería Matemática, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This paper deals with a posteriori error estimates for advection-reaction-diffusion equations. In particular, error estimators based on the solution of local problems are derived for a stabilized finite element method. These estimators are proved to be equivalent to the error, with equivalence constants eventually depending on the physical parameters. Numerical experiments illustrating the performance of this approach are reported.