• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.29 no.3_4
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• pp.713-719
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• 2011

The problem of approximation from a set of scattered data arises in a wide range of applied mathematics and scientific applications. In this study, we present a quasi-interpolatory approximation scheme for scattered data approximation problem, which reproduces a certain space of polynomials. The proposed scheme is local in the sense that for an evaluation point, the contribution of a data value to the approximating value is decreasing rapidly as the distance between two data points is increasing.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.27 no.5_6
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• pp.1087-1095
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• 2009

In this paper, we study approximation method from scattered data to the derivatives of a function f by a radial basis function $\phi$. For a given function f, we define a nearly interpolating function and discuss its accuracy. In particular, we are interested in using smooth functions $\phi$ which are (conditionally) positive definite. We estimate accuracy of approximation for the Sobolev space while the classical radial basis function interpolation applies to the so-called native space. We observe that our approximant provides spectral convergence order, as the density of the given data is getting smaller.