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Efficient and Flexible Multirate Temporal Adaptivity

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In this work we present two new families of multirate time step adaptivity controllers, that are designed to work with embedded multirate infinitesimal (MRI) time integration methods for adapting time steps when solving problems with multiple time scales. We compare these controllers against competing approaches on two benchmark problems and see that they offer dramatically improved performance and flexibility, with each proposed family excelling on different types of multirate applications. The combination of embedded MRI methods and the proposed controllers enable adaptive simulations of problems with a potentially arbitrary number of time scales, achieving high accuracy while maintaining low computational cost. Additionally, we introduce a new set of embeddings for the family of explicit multirate exponential Runge--Kutta (MERK) methods of orders 2 through 5, resulting in the first-ever fifth-order embedded MRI method. Finally, we compare the performance of a wide range of embedded MRI methods on our benchmark problems to provide guidance on how to select an appropriate MRI method and multirate controller.

Source: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium)

DOI: 10.13016/m27d2m-ejux

Authors: Reynolds, Daniel, Amihere, Sylvia, Mitchell, Dashon, Luan, Vu Thai

Language: English

Topic: Numerical methods for differential equations

Subfield: Numerical Analysis

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7128788053

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