Pankaj K Mishra

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What are some international post-doctrol fellowships in (or related) the field of Applied Maths / Scientific Computing / Computational Geoscience?

If possible, kindly mention the tentative deadlines and links.

12 December 2016 4,269 4 View

In the context of RBF interpolation, can cubic RBF lead to solution of singular system?

Rocha [1] claims that there is an example of cubic RBF giving singular system in Powell's book. But I did not find it there. In chapter 3 (p.30-31) of Hubbert's book [2], they claim it happens but...

04 April 2016 9,804 2 View

Why small shape parameter is recommended in radial basis function (RBF) interpolation and application?

I would like to initiate a discussion on the role of shape parameter in RBF interpolation and applications. By shape parameter, I mean the one in new convention $\epsilon$ as suggested by Prof. G...

01 January 2016 6,987 6 View

While suggesting reviewers for my manuscript, what are the points I should keep in mind?

While suggesting reviewers for my manuscript, what are the points I should keep in mind? I want to know some insider's view.

11 November 2015 6,194 2 View

Language for Scientific Computing: Python / C++ / Fortran 90 / MATLAB ? Which one do you prefer & why ?

I want to know what is people's choice for scientific computing as well as pro and cons of different languages for scientific computing.PS: I know MATLAB, C, Fortran 90 & Python. I want to go...

09 September 2015 7,924 9 View

How to cite my under review research paper ?

Suppose I have developed an algorithm or improved an existing one and sent it for publication and the paper is under review. It needs say one year to get published. Now I want to send this second...

09 September 2015 4,226 15 View

How do you apply absorbing boundary conditions/PML in weighted residual methods or weak formulations?

I am solving acoustic wave equation in frequency domain by Galerkin's weighted residual method. How can I implement absorbing boundary conditions/PML in the formulation?

05 May 2014 2,912 7 View

Should I cite/acknowledge open source softwares ?

I use UBUNTU , Gfortran, GMT, gnuplot , MPI, GNU Octave and several open source projects. I wonder if I should cite /acknowledge them somehow, because their contribution is very useful. Is there...

04 April 2014 6,662 3 View

What is the advantage of Meshfree Methods over Finite Element / FInite difference method?

MeshFree methods take more time and provide similar accuracy (sometimes less) as the Finite Difference method?? ( Turned out, it's not true in general. RBF collocation are faster as pointed out by...

04 April 2014 8,506 10 View

What are the minimum requirements to perform GPU programming on a Laptop ?

Seeking an advice on this.

02 February 2014 9,103 3 View

What does 'eps' in MATLAB mean? What is the value of it?

c = all(b>=-100*eps); b is a matrix I already have. what can you say about matrix c? 2.2204e-16 is the value of eps which command window shows.

01 January 2014 591 7 View

Which is the best interpolation technique to interpolate an arbitrarily distributed data set ?

Which one of the following techniques would you suggest? - Linear interpolation - Least square - Weighted Least square - Moving Least square - RBF - Any other ?

01 January 2014 5,783 7 View

How to visualize a sparse matrix in MATLAB (or anyhow)?

During computations I have created a sparse matrix. Now I want to visualize to make sure I am going in the right direction. Any suggestions?

01 January 2014 6,017 8 View