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== History and recent developments ==

In recent decades, the [[dual reciprocity method]] (DRM)<ref>Partridge PW, Brebbia CA, Wrobel LC, The dual reciprocity boundary element method. Computational Mechanics Publications, 1992</ref> and [[multiple reciprocity method]] (MRM)<ref>Nowak AJ, Neves AC, The multiple reciprocity boundary element method. Computational Mechanics Publication, 1994</ref> have been emerging as the two most promising techniques to evaluate the particular solution of nonhomogeneous [[partial differential equations]] in conjunction with the boundary discretization techniques, such as [[boundary element method]] (BEM). For instance, the so-called DR-BEM and MR-BEM are popular BEM techniques in the numerical solution of nonhomogeneous problems.

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An improved multiple reciprocity method, called theThe recursive composite multiple reciprocity method (RC-MRM),<ref name="Chena">Chen W, Meshfree boundary particle method applied to Helmholtz problems. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 2002,26(7): 577–581</ref><ref name="Chenb">Chen W, Fu ZJ, Jin BT, A truly boundary-only meshfree method for inhomogeneous problems based on recursive composite multiple reciprocity technique. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 2010,34(3): 196–205</ref> iswas proposed to overcome the above-mentioned problems. The key idea of the RC-MRM is employingto employ high-order composite differential operators instead of high-order Laplacian operators to vanisheliminate a varietynumber of nonhomogeneous terms in the governing equation, which can not otherwise be handled by the traditional MRM. In addition, theThe RC-MRM takes advantage ofuses the recursive structures of the MRM interpolation matrix and significantlyto reducesreduce computational costs.

It has been claimed in literatures that the MRM has the striking advantage over the DRM in that it does not require using inner nodes at all for nonhomogeneous problems. However, the traditional MRM does also have disadvantages compared with the DRM. Firstly, the MRM is computationally much more expensive in the construction of the different interpolation matrices. Secondly, the method has limited applicability to general nonhomogeneous problems due to its conventional use of high-order Laplacian operators in the annihilation process.

The boundary particle method (BPM) is then developed to a boundary-only discretization of an inhomogeneous partial differential equation by combining the RC-MRM with a variety of the strong-form meshless boundary collocation discretization schemes, such as the [[method of fundamental solution]] (MFS), [[boundary knot method]] (BKM), [[regularized meshless method]] (RMM), [[singular boundary method]] (SBM), and [[Trefftz method]] (TM). The BPM has sincebeen applied to a variety of problems such as nonhomogeneous [[Helmholtz]] and [[convection-diffusion equation]]. Numerical experiments are very encouraging. It is worthy of noting that theThe BPM interpolation representation is in fact of a [[wavelet]] series.

An improved multiple reciprocity method, called the recursive composite multiple reciprocity method (RC-MRM),<ref name="Chena">Chen W, Meshfree boundary particle method applied to Helmholtz problems. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 2002,26(7): 577–581</ref><ref name="Chenb">Chen W, Fu ZJ, Jin BT, A truly boundary-only meshfree method for inhomogeneous problems based on recursive composite multiple reciprocity technique. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 2010,34(3): 196–205</ref> is proposed to overcome the above-mentioned problems. The key idea of the RC-MRM is employing high-order composite differential operators instead of high-order Laplacian operators to vanish a variety of nonhomogeneous terms in the governing equation, which can not otherwise be handled by the traditional MRM. In addition, the RC-MRM takes advantage of the recursive structures of the MRM interpolation matrix and significantly reduces computational costs.

For the application of the BPM to [[Helmholtz]],<ref name="Chena" /> [[Siméon Denis Poisson|Poisson]]<ref name="Chenb" /> and [[plate]] bending problems,<ref>Fu ZJ, Chen W, Yang W, Winkler plate bending problems by a truly boundary-only boundary particle method. Computational Mechanics 2009,44(6): 757–563</ref> the high-order [[fundamental solution]] or general solution, harmonic function<ref>Hon YC, Wu ZM, A numerical computation for inverse boundary determination problem. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 2000,24(7–8): 599–606</ref> or [[Trefftz]] function (T-complete functions)<ref>Chen W, Fu ZJ, Qin QH, Boundary particle method with high-order Trefftz functions. CMC: Computers, Materials & Continua 2010,13(3): 201–217</ref> are often used, for instance, those of [[Berger]], [[Winkler]], and vibrational thin plate equations.<ref>Chen W, Shen ZJ, Shen LJ, Yuan GW, General solutions and fundamental solutions of varied orders to the vibrational thin, the Berger, and the Winkler plates. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 2005,29(7): 699–702</ref> Thanks to its truly boundary-only merit, the BPM is more appealing in the solution of [[optimization]] and [[inverse problems]], where only a part of boundary data is usually accessible. The method has successfully been applied to inverse Cauchy problem associated with [[Siméon Denis Poisson|Poisson]]<ref>Fu ZJ, Chen W, Zhang CZ, Boundary particle method for Cauchy inhomogeneous potential problems. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering 2012,20(2): 189–207</ref> and nonhomogeneous [[Helmholtz]] equations.<ref>Chen W, Fu ZJ, Boundary particle method for inverse Cauchy problems of inhomogeneous Helmholtz equations. Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan 2009,17(3): 157–163</ref>

The boundary particle method (BPM) is then developed to a boundary-only discretization of inhomogeneous partial differential equation by combining the RC-MRM with a variety of the strong-form meshless boundary collocation discretization schemes, such as the [[method of fundamental solution]] (MFS), [[boundary knot method]] (BKM), [[regularized meshless method]] (RMM), [[singular boundary method]] (SBM), and [[Trefftz method]] (TM). The BPM has since applied to a variety of problems such as nonhomogeneous [[Helmholtz]] and [[convection-diffusion equation]]. Numerical experiments are very encouraging. It is worthy of noting that the BPM interpolation representation is in fact of a [[wavelet]] series.

For the application of the BPM to [[Helmholtz]],<ref name="Chena" /> [[Siméon Denis Poisson|Poisson]]<ref name="Chenb" /> and [[plate]] bending problems,<ref>Fu ZJ, Chen W, Yang W, Winkler plate bending problems by a truly boundary-only boundary particle method. Computational Mechanics 2009,44(6): 757–563</ref> the high-order [[fundamental solution]] or general solution, harmonic function<ref>Hon YC, Wu ZM, A numerical computation for inverse boundary determination problem. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 2000,24(7–8): 599–606</ref> or [[Trefftz]] function (T-complete functions)<ref>Chen W, Fu ZJ, Qin QH, Boundary particle method with high-order Trefftz functions. CMC: Computers, Materials & Continua 2010,13(3): 201–217</ref> are often used, for instance, those of [[Berger]], [[Winkler]], and vibrational thin plate equations.<ref>Chen W, Shen ZJ, Shen LJ, Yuan GW, General solutions and fundamental solutions of varied orders to the vibrational thin, the Berger, and the Winkler plates. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 2005,29(7): 699–702</ref> Thanks to its truly boundary-only merit, the BPM is more appealing in the solution of [[optimization]] and [[inverse problems]], where only a part of boundary data is usually accessible. The method has successfully been applied to inverse Cauchy problem associated with [[Siméon Denis Poisson|Poisson]]<ref>Fu ZJ, Chen W, Zhang CZ, Boundary particle method for Cauchy inhomogeneous potential problems. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering 2012,20(2): 189–207</ref> and nonhomogeneous [[Helmholtz]] equations.<ref>Chen W, Fu ZJ, Boundary particle method for inverse Cauchy problems of inhomogeneous Helmholtz equations. Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan 2009,17(3): 157–163</ref>

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