A Feynman-Kac Path-Integral Implementation for Poisson's Equation

This study presents a Feynman–Kac path-integral implementation for solving the Dirichlet problem for Poisson’s equation. The algorithm is a modified “walk on spheres” (WOS) that includes the Feynman–Kac path-integral contribution for the source term. In our approach, we use an h-conditioned Green’s function instead of simulating Brownian trajectories in detail to implement this path-integral computation. The h-conditioned Green’s function allows us to represent the integral of the right-hand-side function from the Poisson equation along Brownian paths as a volume integral with respect to a residence time density function: the h-conditioned Green’s function. The h-conditioned Green’s function allows us to solve the Poisson equation by simulating Brownian trajectories involving only large jumps, which is consistent with both WOS and our Green’s function first-passage (GFFP) method [J. Comput. Phys. 174 (2001) 946]. As verification of the method, we tabulate the h-...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: ICCS
• Authors: Chi-Ok Hwang, Michael Mascagni
• Keywords: Applied Computing, Brownian Trajectories, Green’s Function, H-conditioned Green Function, ICCS 2001