A Numerical Method for Multispecies Populations in a Moving Domain Using Combined Masses

Abstract

This paper concerns the numerical evolution of two interacting species satisfying coupled reaction–diffusion equations in one dimension which inhabit the same part of a moving domain. The domain has both moving external boundaries and moving interior interfaces where species may arise, overlap, or disappear. Numerically, a moving finite volume method is used in which node movement is generated by local mass preservation, which includes a general combined mass strategy for species occupying overlapping domains. The method is illustrated by a test case in which a range of parameters is explored.