Title
H-matrix methods for linear and quasi-linear integral operators appearing in population balances
Abstract
In population dynamics, the source term of breakage and the sink term of coagulation are often described by linear and quasi-linear operators, respectively. These operators are characterised by their kernel functions. Naive discretisation leads to full matrices and therefore to quadratic complexity O(n2), if n denotes the number of degrees of freedom. For several popular kernel functions, e.g. the modified Smoluchowski kernel, an efficient treatment is introduced using the ideas of H-matrices. This approach leads to linear complexity O(n).
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1016/j.compchemeng.2006.07.012
Computers & Chemical Engineering
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Population balance equation,Population dynamics,Dispersion,Breakage,Agglomeration,Aggregation,Coagulation,Coalescence,H-matrix,Fast methods,Integral operator
Journal
31
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7
0098-1354
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.67
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jürgen Koch14419.88
Wolfgang Hackbusch242347.67
Kai Sundmacher34912.51