A reliable explicit method to approximate the general type of the KdV–Burgers’ equation

Abstract

This study aims to propose a reliable, accurate, and efficient numerical approximation for a general compelling partial differential equation including nonlinearity (uδ∂u∂x), dissipation (∂2u∂x2), and dispersion (∂3u∂x3) which arises in many fields of engineering as well as applied sciences. The novel proposed method has been developed combining a kind of mesh-free method called the Taylor wavelet method with the Euler method. The convergence result of the method has been presented theoretically. Moreover, the validation and applicability of the method have been also confirmed computationally on benchmark problems such as KdV–Burgers’ equation and modified-KdV equation. The numerical results have been compared both to the exact solution and to those in the existing literature. All presented figures and tables guarantee that the proposed method is highly accurate, efficient, and compatible with the nature of the specified equation physically. Furthermore, the recorded errors are evidence that the proposed method is the best approximation compared to those in the existing methods.