Mathematics (Aug 2021)

A Neural Network Technique for the Derivation of Runge–Kutta Pairs Adjusted for Scalar Autonomous Problems

  • Vladislav N. Kovalnogov,
  • Ruslan V. Fedorov,
  • Yuri A. Khakhalev,
  • Theodore E. Simos,
  • Charalampos Tsitouras

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/math9161842
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 16
p. 1842

Abstract

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We consider the scalar autonomous initial value problem as solved by an explicit Runge–Kutta pair of orders 6 and 5. We focus on an efficient family of such pairs, which were studied extensively in previous decades. This family comes with 5 coefficients that one is able to select arbitrarily. We set, as a fitness function, a certain measure, which is evaluated after running the pair in a couple of relevant problems. Thus, we may adjust the coefficients of the pair, minimizing this fitness function using the differential evolution technique. We conclude with a method (i.e. a Runge–Kutta pair) which outperforms other pairs of the same two orders in a variety of scalar autonomous problems.

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