A posteriori error estimates for a finite volume scheme applied to a nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation in population dynamics

Abstract

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>This work gives a posteriori error estimates for a finite volume implicit scheme, applied to a two-time nonlinear reaction-diffusion problem in population dynamics, whose evolution processes occur at two different time scales, represented by a parameter <inline-formula><tex-math id="M1">\begin{document}$ \varepsilon&gt;0 $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> small enough. This work consists of building error indicators concerning time and space approximations and using them as a tool of adaptive mesh refinement in order to find approximate solutions to such models, in population dynamics, that are often hard to be handled analytically and also to be approximated numerically using the classical approach. <p style='text-indent:20px;'>An application of the theoretical results is provided to emphasize the efficiency of our approach compared to the classical one for a spatial inter-specific model with constant diffusivity and population growth given by a logistic law in population dynamics.