声明
Acknowledgements
摘要
Abstract
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations
1.2.1 Single (One) Step Methods
1.2.2 Multistep Methods
1.2.3 Explicit and implicit methods
1.3 Definition of the problem
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Historical Development of Runge-Kutta Methods
2.2 Derivation of Explicit Runge-Kutta methods
2.3 Generalization of Explicit Runge-Kutta methods
2.4 Convergence,Order and Stability of Explicit Runge-Kutta methods
2.5 Adaption of Explicit Runge-Kutta methods for nonstiff constant delay DDEs
2.5.1 Introduction to DDEs
2.5.2 Numerical solutions of DDEs
2.5.3 Adaption of Explicit Runge-Kutta methods for nonstiff constant delay DDEs
Chapter 3:Comparison of Explicit Runge-Kutta Methods for IVP and their adaption to DDEs
3.1 Formulas of Explicit Runge-Kutta Methods
3.2 Implementation costs
3.3 Computational effort versus Error
3.4 Absolute Error and Convergence Rates
3.5 Numerical Results for the Adaptation of ERK methods to delay Differential Equations
3.6 Discussion on the comparison and adaptation of the methods
Chapter 4 Conclusion and Recommendation
Conclusions
Recommendations
References
Appendix
Matlab programs