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BS in Pure Mathematics, University of Coimbra 
DPhil in Numerical Analysis, University of Oxford
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Fractional advection diffusion equation 
Hyperbolic diffusion for transport problems
 Convection diffusion equation
 Stability analysis
 Simulation of the Navier-Stokes equations
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 Finite Difference Methods for Fractional Diffusion Equations
 Ercília Sousa, LNM 2389, Springer
 Due: January 2026
 
 Research articles
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  C. Nhangumbe, E. Sousa, "Numerical solutions of an option pricing rainfall weather derivatives model"
 Comput. Math. Appl.  Vol. 153 (2024) 43-55.
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 C. Jesus, E. Sousa, "High order numerical method for a subdiffusion problem"
Appl. Numer. Math. Vol. 205 (2024) 169-183.
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E. Sousa, "Fractional diffusion problems with reflecting boundaries"Lect. Notes Comput. Sc. 13952 (2024) pp. 164-171.Full text (PDF)
 
  E. Sousa, "Convergence of consistent and inconsistent schemes for
      fractional diffusion problems with boundaries"
 Adv. Comput. Math.  Vol. 48 (2022) 68.
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 E. Sousa, "The convergence rate for difference approximations to fractional boundary value problems"
 J. Comput. Appl. Math.  Vol. 415 (2022) 114486.
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 E. Sousa, "Consistency analysis of the Grunwald-Letnikov approximation in
  a bounded domain"
 IMA J. Numer. Anal.  Vol. 42 (2022)  2771-2793.
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 C. Jesus, E. Sousa, "Superdiffusion in the presence of a reflecting
  boundary"
Appl. Math. Lett.  Vol. 112 (2021) 106742.
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 C. Jesus, E. Sousa, "Numerical solutions for asymmetric Lévy flights"
Numer. Algor.  Vol. 87 (2021) 967-999.
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 C. Jesus, E. Sousa, "Numerical method with fractional splines for a subdiffusion problem"
Bit Numer Math  Vol. 60 (2020) 1075-1111.
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 L. Pinto, E. Sousa, "Positivity preserving schemes for the fractional 
Klein-Kramers equation
 with boundaries"
 Commun. Nonlinear Sci. Numer. Simul.   Vol. 91 (2020) 105444.
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 2010 - 2019
 
 E. Sousa, A.K. Das, "A fractional diffusion model with resetting"
Lect. Notes Comput. Sc. 11386 (2019) pp. 509-516.
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 L. Pinto, E. Sousa, "Numerical solution of a time-space fractional 
Fokker Planck equation
 with variable force field and diffusion"
 Commun. Nonlinear Sci. Numer. Simul.   Vol. 50 (2017) pp. 211-228.
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  M. Nhangumbe, J. Gouveia,  E. Sousa, M. Belbut, A. Mateus,
``Geometric study Procedia Manufacturing  Vol. 12 (2017) pp. 174-182.of surface finishing  
of selective laser melting moulds"
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  S.Gh. Bardeji, I.N. Figueiredo, E. Sousa, "Optical
flow with fractional order regularization: Variational model and solution method"
 Appl. Numer. Math.  Vol. 114 (2017) pp. 188-200.
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A. Araujo, A.K. Das, E. Sousa, "A numerical approach to study the Kramers equation for finitegeometries: boundary conditions and potential fields"
 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor.  Vol. 48 (2015) pp. 045202.
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E. Sousa, Can Li, " A weighted finite difference method for the fractional
 diffusion equation  
based on the Riemann-Liouville derivative",
 Appl. Numer. Math.   Vol 90 (2015) pp. 22-37
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  S.Gh. Bardeji, I.N. Figueiredo,  E. Sousa,
``Image contrast enhancement  Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing V,using split Bregman method"
J. M. R.S. Tavares and R.M. Natal Jorge (eds), 63-68. CRC Press, 2016.
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   G. Gonçalves, N. Duro, E. Sousa, I.  Figueiredo,
``Automatic extraction of tide-coordinated shoreline Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.
   XL-7/W3, 953-957, 2015using open source software
and land imagery",
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 E. Sousa, "An explicit high order method for fractional advection diffusion equations"
 J. Comput. Phys.  Vol. 278 (2014) pp. 257-274.
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A. Araujo, C. Neves, E. Sousa, "An alternating direction implicit method for a second-order hyperbolic diffusion equation with convection"
 Appl. Math. Comput.
 Vol. 239  (2014) pp. 17-28.
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  E. Sousa " A close look at fractional derivatives approximations", IEEE Xplore
  AbstractFractional Differentiation and Its Applications (ICFDA), 
2014 International Conference on
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  G. Goncalves, N. Duro, E. Sousa, L. Pinto, I. Figueiredo,
" Detecting changes on coastalprimary sand dunes using multi-temporal Landsat imagery",  
 Proc. SPIE  
  Vol. 9244,
 Image and Signal Processing for Remote
  Sensing XX, 924420 (2014).
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A Araujo, C. Neves, E. Sousa " A hybrid numerical method for a two-dimensional
second order hyperbolic equation", Proceedings of the 14th International Conference
on Computational and
 Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE
2014, pp. 88-99.
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E. Sousa, "Numerical solution of a model for turbulent diffusion" Int. J. Bifurcation Chaos
 Vol. 23 (10) (2013) pp. 1350166.
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A. Araujo, A.K. Das, C. Neves, E. Sousa, 
"Numerical solution for a non-fickian diffusion 
in a periodic potential"
 Commun. Comput. Phys. 
Vol. 13 (2) (2013) pp. 502-525.
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  E. Sousa " Super-diffusive transport processes in porous media",Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics  28 (2013) pp.87-98.Full text (PDF)
 
 E. Sousa, "A second order explicit finite difference method
for the fractional advection diffusion equation",
 Comput. Math. Appl.  Vol. 64 (2012) pp. 3141-3152.
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E. Sousa, "How to approximate the fractional derivative of
  order 1 < α ≤ 2" Int. J. Bifurcation Chaos 
 Vol. 22 (4) (2012) pp. 1250075.
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 A. Araujo, C. Neves, E. Sousa "A Laplace transform piecewise linearized
  method for a
  second order hyperbolic equation", 
Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics,
 AIP Conference Proceedings 1479,
(2012) pp 2187-2190.
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E. Sousa, " Numerical approximations for fractional diffusion equations via splines", 
 Comput. Math. Appl.  Vol. 62 (2011) pp. 938-944.
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 2001 -  2009
 
E. Sousa, " Finite
  difference approximations  for a fractional advection diffusion problem", 
 J. Comput. Phys.  Vol. 228 (2009) pp. 4038-4054.
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E. Sousa, " Insights on a sign-preserving numerical method for the
  advection-diffusion equation",
 Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids 
Vol. 61 (2009) pp. 864-887.
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E. Sousa, " On the edge of stability analysis",  
 Appl. Numer. Math.   
Vol. 59 (2009) pp. 1322 -1336.
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A. Araujo, E. Sousa, A. Albuquerque " Longitudinal dispersion in a 
horizontal  subsurface flow constructed wetland: a numerical solution",
 ANZIAM J.  Vol. 50, (2008) pp C339-C353.
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 C. Neves, A. Araujo, E. Sousa "Numerical approximation of a transport
equation with a time-dependent dispersion flux", 
Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics,
 AIP Conference Proceedings 1048,
(2008) pp 403-406.
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E. Sousa, "Higher order schemes and numerical boundary conditions", Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng.  Vol. 196 (2007)
pp. 4444-4457Full text (PDF)
 
 E. Sousa, "Development of finite difference schemes near an inflow
boundary",Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng.  Vol. 68 (2) (2006) pp. 210-230.Full text (PDF)
 
  E. Sousa, " Stability
analysis of difference methods for parabolic initial value
problems"J. Sci. Comput.  Vol. 26 (1) (2006) pp. 45-66.Full text (PDF)
 
 E. Sousa, I.J. Sobey, "Effect of boundary vorticity discretisationon explicit stream-function vorticity calculations." 
Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids  Vol. 49 (4) (2005)
pp. 371-393.Full text (PDF)
 
 A. Albuquerque, A. Araujo, E. Sousa, "Application of the
advection-dispersion equation Advances in Computational & Experimental
Engineering & Science,to characterize the hydrodynamic regime
in a submerged packed bed reactor."
Tech Science Press, (2004) pp. 548-553.
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  E. Sousa, "The controversial stability analysis", Appl. Math. Comput.
   Vol. 145 (2003) pp. 777-794.Full text (PDF)
 
  E. Sousa, I.J. Sobey, "Numerical stability of unsteady 
stream-function vorticity calculations"
Commun. Numer. Methods Eng.
  Vol. 19 (6) (2003) pp. 407-419
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E. Sousa, I.J. Sobey, 
"A family of finite difference schemes for the convection-diffusion equation in two dimensions" 
Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications,Springer, (2003) pp. 179-188.
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  E. Sousa, I.J. Sobey, "On the influence of numerical
boundary conditions"Appl. Numer. Math. Vol. 41 (2) (2002) pp. 325-344.Full text (PDF)
 
 E. Sousa, "A Godunov-Ryabenkii instability for a
Quickest scheme"Lect. Notes Comput. Sc. 1988 (2001) pp. 732-740.Full text (PDF)
 
 
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