The Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method: A simple & less-costly alternative to the finite element and boundary element methods

Mathematics

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• Background 9%
• Boundary Element Method 66%
• Cell 7%
• Computational Cost 21%
• Concepts 5%
• Costs 7%
• Derivative 6%
• Finite Element 49%
• Form 12%
• Heaviside step function 14%
• Human 9%
• Integral domain 23%
• Interpolate 8%
• Mesh 8%
• Meshless 12%
• Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method 100%
• Meshless Method 25%
• Numerical Examples 6%
• Rate of Convergence 7%
• Robust Methods 12%
• Robustness 8%
• Shape Function 12%
• Singular Integrals 11%
• Test function 65%
• Unknown 6%
• Vertex of a graph 5%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Boundary element method 69%
• Costs 7%
• Derivatives 5%
• Finite element method 7%
• Galerkin methods 70%
• Interpolation 5%
• Personnel 4%