<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">AM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Applied Mathematics</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2152-7385</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/am.2015.614196</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AM-62141</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  A Review of Wavelets Solution to Stochastic Heat Equation with Random Inputs
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>nthony</surname><given-names>Y. Aidoo</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Matilda</surname><given-names>Wilson</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, USA</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff2"><addr-line>Department of Computer Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana</addr-line></aff><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>21</day><month>12</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>06</volume><issue>14</issue><fpage>2226</fpage><lpage>2239</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>6</day>	<month>November</month>	<year>2015</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>accepted</day>	<month>20</month>	<year>December</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>23</day>	<month>December</month>	<year>2015</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
  We consider a wavelet-based solution to the stochastic heat equation with random inputs. Computational methods based on the wavelet transform are analyzed for solving three types of stochastic heat equation. The methods are shown to be very convenient for solving such problems, since the initial and boundary conditions are taken into account automatically. The results reveal that the wavelet algorithms are very accurate and efficient.
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Wavelets</kwd><kwd> Stochastic</kwd><kwd> Heat Equation</kwd><kwd> Collocation</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Several applications in science and engineering involve stochasticity in input data. This is usually the result of the stochastic nature of the model coefficients, boundary or initial conditions data, the geometry in which the problem is set, and the source term. Uncertainty may also be introduced into an applied problem owing to the intrinsic variability inherent in the system being modelled [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref1">1</xref>] . Generally, stochastic volatility leads to randomcoefficients in model equations.</p><p>The stochastic heat equation with random inputs (SHERI) is a stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE) that has received considerable attention in recent years. The approach to the solution depends on the type of random input present in the equation. Usually, the SHERI is analyzed and solved for only a random source term or for random coefficients only (see for example [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref2">2</xref>] ). In this paper, we analyze the wavelet solution to the SHERI where both a random source term and random coefficient are present. The equation is given by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula283"><label>(1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x7.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>In this case, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x8.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is random coefficient and F is the random source term. In this form, the SHERI usually leads to a complex nonlinear solution.</p><p>Currently, several numerical methods are available for solving SPDEs. These include the classical and popular Monte Carlo method (MCM), the stochastic Galerkin method (SGM), and the stochastic collocation method (SCM). It is well known that MCMs have very slow convergence rates since they do not exploit the regularity available in the solution of SPDE’s with respect to input stochastic parameters. Stochastic Galerkin methods and SCM’s tend to have faster convergence rates compared to MCM’s. However, often, scientific and engineering problems involve irregular dependencies of the quantity of interest with respect to the random variable. As such, SGM’s and SCM’s become inefficient and may not converge at all [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref3">3</xref>] .</p><p>In order to overcome the pitfall of global approximation, localized methods are used to arrest the inefficiencies inherent in SCM’s and SGM’s. Adaptive wavelet collocation methods are relied upon to remedy this situation. The use of this method has the additional advantage of eliminating the dreaded curse of dimensionality. Moreover, it maintains a better convergence rate in addition to producing optimal approximation, not only for PDE's, but also, for PDE-constrained optimal problems [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref4">4</xref>] . We consider wavelet based-methods in this paper.</p><p>Wavelet-based methods for solving differential equations may be classified in two ways, the wavelet collocation methods and the adaptive wavelet schemes. To implement the adaptive wavelet scheme, we consider a second-generation wavelets constructed form the lifting scheme. Wavelets constructed in this form constitute a Riesz basis and have compact support, the desirable properties that guarantee a multiresolution analysis and required approximation.</p><p>The rest of the paper is organized as follows: In Section 2 we review the concept of multiresolution analysis in wavelet bases. This is one of the key concepts that will be used in the paper. In addition, the general properties of wavelet solutions to SPDE’s are considered. Section 3 analyzes the solution of the SHE with random coefficients. The stochastic heat equation with random source term is solved in Section 4, while a detail analysis of the full stochastic heat equation with all types of random inputs is solved and analyzed in Section 5. The paper ends with the conclusion in Section 6.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Preliminaries</title><sec id="s2_1"><title>2.1. Wavelets and Multiresolution Analysis</title><p>A wavelet is a function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x9.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x10.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x11.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, is an orthonormal basis for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x12.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. We outline here some of the ideas which are fundamental to the general approach to the theory of wavelets. The concept of multiresolution analysis is central to our discussions. A multiresolution analysis is a decomposition of the Hilbert space <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x13.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> into a chain of closed subspaces <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x14.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> which form a sequence of successive approximation subspaces of H such that the following hold:</p><p>1) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x15.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>for all <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x16.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>2) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x17.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is dense in <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x18.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x19.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>3) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>for all <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>4) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>for all <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x23.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>5) Each subspace V<sub>j</sub> is spanned by integer translates of a single function<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. That is, for any <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and any<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. All subspaces are therefore scaled versions of the central space V<sub>0</sub>.</p><p>6) There exists a function<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, belonging to V<sub>0</sub>, such that the sequence <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> forms a Riesz basis or unconditional basis for V<sub>0</sub>. The approximation of a function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> at a resolution 2<sup>j</sup> is defined as the orthogonal projection of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x30.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> on V<sub>j</sub>. In general a function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x30.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> may be approximated by its projection <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x30.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> onto the space V<sub>j</sub>. To compute the orthogonal projection requires that there exists a unique function<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x30.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, which property (6) assures us of. The orthogonal projection of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x30.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> on V<sub>j</sub> is then defined by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula284"><label>(2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x35.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula285"><label>(3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x36.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula></sec><sec id="s2_2"><title>2.2. Wavelets</title><p>The goal of multiresolution analysis is to develop representations of a function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x37.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> at various levels of resolution 2<sup>j</sup>. To achieve this we seek to expand the given function in terms of basis functions <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x37.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> which can be scaled to give multiple resolutions of the original function. The notion of scale implies that the function is replaced at a given level (scale) by the best approximation that can be drawn at that scale (subspace). We give two examples of the the most commonly applied wavelets.</p><p>First, we define the Haar wavelet. Let X denote an infinite dimensional Banach space. A set <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in X</p><p>such that<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, for all n and such that for every <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> there is a unique sequence of scalars<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, for which<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, or <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> as <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is called a Schauder basis for X. A Schauder basis <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> for a separable Banach space X is called an absolute basis if whenever <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> converges then <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> converges for every subsequence of indices n<sub>i</sub>. The Haar orthogonal system (see for example [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref7">7</xref>] ) forms an absolute basis for the spaces<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>In the space<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>the Haar system of functions <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x53.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>; <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x53.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x54.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>defined by<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x53.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x54.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, for all<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x53.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x54.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula286"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x57.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula287"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x58.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and where we put <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> equal to the average of the left hand and right hand limits at the finite set of points where it is not defined. Then the Haar system is a Schauder basis for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x60.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x60.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x61.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The Haar system of functions is the precursor and generalization to the Haar wavetets. The Haar wavelets are the given by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula288"><label>(4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x62.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula289"><label>(5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x63.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The Haar basis is convenient for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, that is, it is an unconditional basis. It is however not suitable for smoother function spaces such as <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> spaces (Sobolev spaces). In this case <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> have support widths 1, hence this is an example of an orthonormal basis of compactly supported wavelets. However they are not suitable for the study of continuous function spaces since they would not belong to the spaces. A more suitable basis is the Daubechies wavelets.</p><p>In general Daubechies wavelets depend on an integer <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x69.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and N even. They arise out of insisting on the requirement that the scaling function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x69.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x70.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> be able to exactly represent polynomials of order up to, but not greater than p, where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x69.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x70.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Daubechies wavelets are defined in terms of their scaling functions. Thus, these (scaling) functions determine the nature of the wavelet function. They are defined as follows:</p><p>For<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, a Daubechies wavelet of class <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x73.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x73.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x74.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> defined by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula290"><label>(6)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x75.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are filter coefficients satisfying prescribed conditions. Daubechies wavelets improves the simpler Haar wavelets by making use of longer filters. This results in smoother scaling functions and wavelets. In addition, the larger the size <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of the filter, the higher is the number k of vanishing moment. A high number of vanishing moments leads to a better compression of regular parts of the function. However, increasing the number of vanishing moments also inceases the size of the support of the wavelets, leading to problems in analysis at discontinuous points in a function.</p></sec><sec id="s2_3"><title>2.3. Weak and Strong Solutions of SDE</title><p>Solutions of SDE’s may be classified as weak or strong. If there exist a probability space with filtration, Brownian motion <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> adapted to that filtration, a process <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> adapted to that filtration, such that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> has distribution<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and for all t integrals below are defined, and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula291"><label>(7)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x83.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>then <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is called the weak solution to the SDE</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula292"><label>(8)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x85.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>A weak solution of the stochastic differential equation above is a triple<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a probability space equipped with the filtration <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> that satisfies the usual conditions; X is a continuous, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-adapted <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x92.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-valued process and W is ans m-dimensional <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x92.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-Brownian motion on the space; and the conditions:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula293"><label>(9)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x94.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>holds for all<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Hence we have:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula294"><label>(10)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x96.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is called a strong solution to the equation above with initial value <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> if for all t &gt; 0, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is a func- tion <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of the given brownian motion <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x101.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x101.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, integrals <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x101.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x103.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x101.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x103.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x104.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and the integral equation below is satisfied.</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula295"><label>(11)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x105.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula></sec><sec id="s2_4"><title>2.4. Wavelet Approximation to Stochastic Differential Equations</title><p>The solution of a SDE requires the evaluation of an integral of the type:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula296"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x106.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x107.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> may be considered as a fractional Brownian motion (FBM) and S is a stochastic process. To accomplish this, the above stochastic integral must be approximated by representing it with respect to FBM using fractional integrals. This approximation can be used for SDE’s without explicit solution, if the equation is driven by fractional noise. Optimal wavelet approximations may be used to develop efficient simulations. The method may be summarized as follows:</p><p>1) Obtain an approximation for fractional noise</p><p>2) Apply an appropriate numerical scheme (for example, implicit or explicit Euler scheme) to obtain an approximation of the solution</p><p>3) Prove the almost sure convergence of the approximation to the solution.</p><p>Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x108.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denote the one dimensional FBM with hurst index <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x108.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> (Gaussian random process).</p><p>If<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the classical stochastic integration is not applicable. However, by the Holder continuity of B,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, defined in terms of fractional integration exists. The optimal wavelet approximation of the FBM <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> with Hurst index H is given by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula297"><label>(12)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x113.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the mother wavelet and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are i.i.d <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> random variables.</p><p>The fractional integral of the function f with respect to the function g is defined as:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula298"><label>(13)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x117.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>If<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. We consider the fractional integral over<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x122.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula299"><label>(14)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x123.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x124.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula300"><label>(15)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x125.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula301"><label>(16)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x126.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>See, for example, [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref6">6</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s2_5"><title>2.5. Second Generation Wavelets</title><p>Second-generation wavelets are a generalized form of bi-orthogonal wavelets. Their applications easily fit functions defined on bounded domains. These wavelets form a Riesz basis for certain desirable function spaces. The lifting scheme is a method for constructing second generation wavelets that are no longer translates and dilates of a single scaling function. The lifting scheme is given by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula302"><label>(17)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x127.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>See, for example, [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref1">1</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s2_6"><title>2.6. The Wavelet Stochastic Collocation Method</title><p>The second generation collocation method makes the treatment of nonlinear terms in PDE’s easier to handle. Moreover, the use of wavelets enables the solution of differential equations with localized structures or sharp transitions more amenable. In order to solve such problem more efficiently, the use of computational grids that adapts dynamically in time to reflect local changes in the solution play an effective role.</p><p>Wavelet-based numerical algorithms may be classified into two main types namely the wavelet-Garlekin method and the wavelet collocation method. The wavelet-Garlekin algorithm uses gridless wavelet coefficient space while the collocation method relies on dynamically adaptive computational grid [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref8">8</xref>] . A clear advantage of the wavelet-collocation method is that it facilitates the easy treatment of nonlinear terms in a stochastic partial differential equation. However, traditional biorthogonal wavelets are not suitable for handling boundaries. Omitting the translation-dilation relationship, biorthogonal wavelets, leads to second generation wavelets [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref9">9</xref>] which uses second generation MRA of a function space as given below.</p><p>Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> where L is the function space.</p><p>1) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>2) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x130.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is dense in L, and</p><p>3) for each<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>contains a Reisz basis given by the scaling function<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x134.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denotes some index set.</p><p>Since<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x135.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, it follows that<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x135.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x136.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Hence</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula303"><label>(18)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x137.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Here, the MRA is not based on the scaling function<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x138.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. It is rather defined in terms of the filter coefficients <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x138.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> that satisfies (16). The resulting wavelets become the basis functions for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x138.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the complement of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x138.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x138.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x142.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. It follows that<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x138.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x142.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x143.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Hence the second generation wavelets form a Reisz basis for the funtional space L. It follows that wavelets at level j can be expressed in terms of the scaling functions as follows:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula304"><label>(19)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x144.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Since<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x145.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, it follows that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula305"><label>(20)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x146.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Given the scaling function coefficients<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we have:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula306"><label>(21)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x148.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Second generation wavelet transform may be considered in terms of filter banks, where filters not only act locally but may be potentially different for each coefficient. Now we can set</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula307"><label>(22)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x151.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x152.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The interpolating function has the following properties:</p><p>1) Compact support that is zero outside the interval<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>2) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x154.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is interpolating, that is<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x154.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x155.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>3) Linear combinations of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x156.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> reproduce the polns up to degree <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x156.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x157.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>4) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x158.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>satisfies the refinement relation</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula308"><label>(23)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x159.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>5) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x160.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is the autocorrelation of Daubechies scaling functions of order 2N.</p><p>Define the detail function as:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula309"><label>(24)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x161.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Hence<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x162.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>The lifting scheme is applied to infinite or periodic domains for the construction of the first-generation wavelets. The lifting scheme has the following advantages:</p><p>1) Faster implementation of the wavelet transform by a factor of 2.</p><p>2) No auxiliary memory required. The original signal is replaced with its wavelet transform.</p><p>3) Inverse wavelet transform is simply the reversal of the order of operations and switching of addition and operations. The scaling function and mother wavelet have vanishing moments, that is</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula310"><label>(25)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x163.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula311"><label>(26)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x164.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where D is the domain over which the wavelets are constructed.</p></sec><sec id="s2_7"><title>2.7. Grid Adaptation</title><p>Consider the function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x165.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> defined on a closed interval<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x165.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x166.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Consider the grid</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula312"><label>(27)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x167.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where the grid points <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> may be uniformly or nonuniformly placed. For nested grids, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x169.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>we must have<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x169.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x170.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. From the secon generation wavelets we have:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula313"><label>(28)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x171.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref8">8</xref>] . Let ε denote the prescribed threshold, then the approximation <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x172.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> may expressed as the sum of two terms made up of wavelets whose amplitude is above and below the threshold. That is:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula314"><label>(29)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x173.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula315"><label>(30)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x174.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula316"><label>(31)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x175.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Hence</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula317"><label>(32)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x176.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and the number of significant wavelet coefficients <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x177.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is bounded by ε as</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula318"><label>(33)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x178.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where the coefficients <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x179.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> depend on<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x179.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x180.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Thus</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula319"><label>(34)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x181.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The adaptive grid is calculated as follows:</p><p>1) Sample <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x182.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> on the grid <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x182.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>2) Perform the forward wavelet transform to obtain the values of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>3) Analyze wavelet coefficients <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and create a mask M for the grid points<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, associated with wavelets for which<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x188.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>4) Incorporate into the mask M all grid points associated with the scaling functions at the coarsest level of res- olution.</p><p>5) Starting from <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x189.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> level of resolution, recursively extend the mask to include grid points of the coarser level of resolution necessary for computing wavelet coefficients at level j hat are masked by the mask M.</p><p>The process of grid adaptation for the solution of PDE’s is made up of the following steps [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref10">10</xref>] :</p><p>1) Use the values of the solution <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x190.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> at <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x190.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x191.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> computational grid to compute the values of wavelet coefficients corresponding to each component of the solution using forward wavelet transform.</p><p>2) Analyze wavelet coefficients <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x192.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and creat a mask M for the grid points<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x192.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x193.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, associated with wavelets for which<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x192.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x193.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x194.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>3) Extend the mask M with grid points associated with type I or II adjacent wavelets.</p><p>4) Perform the reconstruction check procedure to obtain a complete mask M.</p><p>5) Construct the new computational grid<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x195.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, which will be used for the next step of time integration.</p><p>When solutions of differential equations are intermittent in both space and time, methods combining adjustable time step with spatial grid to obtain approximate solutions. However, several problems depend on small spatial scales that are highly localized and as such, using a uniformly fine grid does not necessarily lead to and efficient method of solution. To address this concern, locally adapted grids are appealed to.</p><p>Wavelets can be used to used as an efficient tool to develop adaptive numerical methods capable of limiting the global approximation error associated with the numerical scheme. In addition to being fast, such wavelet- based schemes are asymptotically optimal when applied to elliptic differential equations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref10">10</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref11">11</xref>] . Moreover, they are fast.</p><p>The second generation adaptive wavelet can be used to discretize PDE’s as follows:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula320"><label>(35)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x196.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula321"><label>(36)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x197.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a general partial differential operator, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x199.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>an operator that defines applicable boundary conditions, and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x199.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x200.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x199.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x200.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x201.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x199.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x200.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x201.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x202.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Here, Ω is an open, connected, and bounded set with boun- dary<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x199.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x200.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x201.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x202.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x203.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. We denote a point in Ω by<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x199.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x200.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x201.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x202.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x203.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x204.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Consider the multiscale decomposition</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula322"><label>(37)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x205.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x206.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a localized basis function and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x206.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x207.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are the expansion coefficients. The truncated sum <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x206.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x207.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x208.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a good approximation of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x206.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x207.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x208.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x209.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> at level J. it follows that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula323"><label>(38)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x210.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>In order to construct grid points that adapt to intermittent solution, we consider the collocation points <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x211.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x211.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x212.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. That is:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula324"><label>(39)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x213.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The second generation wavelet decomposition takes the form:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula325"><label>(40)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x214.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref9">9</xref>] This approximation is known as nonlinear approximation in wavelet basis. The method is a combination of the fast second generation wavelet transform with finite difference approximation of derivatives.</p></sec></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. The Case of Random Input Coefficient</title><p>In real thermal environments, the heat transfer coefficient of media surfaces are subject to temporal and spatial variations due to several factors [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref12">12</xref>] . However, accurately predicting spatial distribution of the heat transfer coefficient is very complicated since these external influences are usually nonlinear and are fleeting in nature [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref13">13</xref>] . In addition, the complexity is compounded by a measurement uncertainty of more than fifty percent for the overall heat transfer coefficients of heat transfer surfaces during heat exchangers [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref14">14</xref>] . Due to the inherent uncertainties described above, the distribution of temperature and thermal stresses in media is analyzed taking into account probability theory. The stochastic heat equation devoid of a source term but characterized by a random input is given by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula326"><label>(41)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x215.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x216.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The solution depends on the nature of the random coefficient, κ. If κ is a constant, the above equation simply becomes the standard heat equation with the solution given by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula327"><label>(42)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x217.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>If κ is random, three possible approaches to the solution are possible. Two of these methods are provided by [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref15">15</xref>] . We outline the third method here. We assume that the stochastic input coefficient κ satisfies <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x218.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is positive and uniformly bounded almost surely, that is:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula328"><label>(43)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x219.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>In this case the solution is a complex nonlinear function of the coefficient κ [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref16">16</xref>] . A reasonably approximate solution may be obtained by applying the stochastic collocation method or the adaptive wavelet stochastic method [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref1">1</xref>] . This method exploits the properties of compactly supported wavelet that form Reisz bases. When implemented as interpolating wavelet bases, they induce norms that are <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x220.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-stable, and they constitute a stable multiresolution analysis of the stochastic space<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x220.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x221.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. In addition the composition of the wavelet basis eliminates the difficulty associated with solutions made up of dense stiff matrices. The number of wavelet coefficients at each resolution 2<sup>J</sup> is approximately constant [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref17">17</xref>] .</p><p>We assume a stochastic solution of the form:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula329"><label>(44)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x222.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where W<sub>0</sub> = 1 and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the mean solution and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the wavelet basis [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref18">18</xref>] . where 0 &lt; κ<sub>min</sub> &lt; κ<sub>max</sub> &lt; ∞. Here, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x225.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is a wavelet Riesz basis for <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x225.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x226.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> where J denotes the scale parameter. The expansion represents a stochastic process in the form of a linear combination of orthonormal wavelet basis. We assume that the stochastic source is controlled by an independent Wiener process on a complete probability space <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x225.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x226.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x227.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref19">19</xref>] .</p><p>To obtain the approximation given by the equation above which yields an optimal wavelet basis by minimizing the total mean square error, we consider the sample space Ω equipped with the <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x228.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-algebra <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x228.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x229.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and the probability measure<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x228.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x229.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x230.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Together they form the probability space<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x228.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x229.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x230.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x231.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Let</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula330"><label>(45)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x232.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x233.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denotes the mean of<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x233.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x234.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x233.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x234.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x235.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are eigenpairs of the covariance kernel<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x233.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x234.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x235.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x236.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. That is, for</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula331"><label>(46)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x237.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula332"><label>(47)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x238.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and the random variables <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x239.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are defined by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula333"><label>(48)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x240.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x241.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are of zero mean and uncorrelated.</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. Stochastic Heat Equation with Source Term</title><p>We consider the heat equation with an additional forcing term. The quation now becomes:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula334"><label>(49)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x242.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>A weak solution may be given as</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula335"><label>(50)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x243.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x244.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a smooth kernel. While this solution is valid for several distributions F, it is not valid for all. We consider the case where F is a space-time white noise. For any fixed location in space, the solution to the SHE</p><p>which is almost Holder-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x245.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. However the solution has temporal regularity resembling Brownian Motion (BM).</p><p>The greatest difficulty encountered in solving this problem involves the representation of the source term. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref20">20</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref21">21</xref>] have shown that spectral methods can be relied upon to obtain an accurate enough solution. Thus, we assume a solution of the form:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula336"><label>(51)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x246.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where u<sub>k</sub> are deterministic coefficients and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x247.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x247.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x248.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>are orthogonal wavelet basis, instead of multidimensional Hermite polynomials [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref22">22</xref>] . Similar to the Karhunen-Lo&#232;ve expansion, this method generates optimal basis. This means that truncating the first L levels of wavelet resolution yields enough accuracy. The approximation of the function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x247.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x248.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x249.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> can be represented as:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula337"><label>(52)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x250.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>For any intermediate resolution level j (0 ≤ j &lt; J) we have</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula338"><label>(53)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x251.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x252.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and apply the wavelet collocation method (see for example [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref5">5</xref>] ).</p><p>Ususlly, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x253.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>where G is the fundamental solution to the problem <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x253.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x254.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p></sec><sec id="s5"><title>5. SHERI</title><p>We consider the partial differential equation with random inputs in the form:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula339"><label>(54)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x255.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula340"><label>(55)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x256.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula341"><label>(56)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x257.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x258.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denotes the gradient operator with respect to<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x258.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x259.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, with the assumption that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x258.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x259.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x260.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x258.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x259.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x260.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x261.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. For finite dimensional noise, the stochastic coefficient <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x258.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x259.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x260.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x261.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x262.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies the condition above and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x258.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x259.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x260.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x261.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x262.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x263.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula342"><label>(57)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x264.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. In addition, the stochastic input data have the form:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula343"><label>(58)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x266.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x268.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a real-valued vector of independent random variables [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref1">1</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref23">23</xref>] .</p><p>Using polynomials that have the property of diagonal interpolation matrix, leads to the stochastic collocation method. We re-formulate the problem by letting D denote a bounded domain in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and Ω, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x271.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, P denote a complete probability space, where Ω denotes the sample space and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x271.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x272.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x271.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x272.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x273.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-algebra of events and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x271.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x272.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x273.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x274.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a probability measure. The representation of a general second-order random process by generalized polynomial [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref24">24</xref>] . This leads us to consider the stochastic initial boundary value problem:</p><p>Theorem 1. Find <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x275.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that P-almost surely in Ω.</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula344"><label>(59)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x276.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x277.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denotes the differential operator and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x277.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x278.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denotes a boundary operator.</p><p>The above problem may be solved using Lagrange Interpolation in parameter space. Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x279.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denote a set of distinct points in parameter space, and let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x279.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x280.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denote a set of basis functions. We seek the approximation <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x279.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x280.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x281.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of the solution u of the problem above, of the form:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula345"><label>(60)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x282.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>After solving for the finite element approximation of the solution<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x283.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we solve for the finite element approximation of each interpolation point in the set<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x283.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x284.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The coefficients <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x283.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x284.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x285.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are then determined by imposing the condition:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula346"><label>(61)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x286.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Instead of using global polynomial interpolating spaces, piecewise polynomial interpolation spaces requiring only a fixed polynomial degree is needed. this method is based on refining the grid used and is suitable for problems having solutions with irregular behavior.</p><p>For each parameter dimension<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x287.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, define<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x287.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x288.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The required approximation is based on a sequence of subspaces <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x287.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x288.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x289.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of V of increasing dimension <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x287.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x288.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x289.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x290.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> which is dense in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x287.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x288.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x289.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x290.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x291.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, that is,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x287.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x288.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x289.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x290.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x291.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x292.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The sequence of spaces must be nested in the wavelet multiresolution analysis of the form:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula347"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x293.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula348"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x294.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x295.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> represents the scaling level of all the basis functions <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x295.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x296.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> with compact support (that is, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x295.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x296.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x297.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x295.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x296.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x297.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x298.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a polynomial of degree p). For n N-dimensional problem, define<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x295.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x296.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x297.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x298.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Then the sequence of subspaces <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x295.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x296.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x297.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x298.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x300.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x295.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x296.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x297.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x298.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x300.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x301.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is given by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula349"><label>(62)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x302.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x303.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a multi-index and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x303.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x304.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The finer subspaces <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x303.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x304.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x305.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are defined as the direct sum</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula350"><label>(63)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x306.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>hence we have:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula351"><label>(64)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x307.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The hierarchical sparse-grid approximation of L is given by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula352"><label>(65)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x308.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x309.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x309.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x310.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denotes the approximation operator,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x311.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>denotes a multi-dimensional hierachical polynomial. The <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x311.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x312.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> multi-index is defined by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula353"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x313.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The approximation spaces <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x314.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and the chosen basis have the following properties:</p><p>1) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x315.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>2) Supp <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x316.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>3) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x317.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is an interpolating basis for <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x317.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x318.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>4) There is a constant C, independent of the level L, such that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula354"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x319.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>For example, consider the hat function:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula355"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x320.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The major disadvantage of this that the linear hierarchical basis does not form a stable multiscale splitting of the approximation scale. The scheme does not ensure efficiency and optimality with respect to complexity as previously claimed.</p><p>A multi-resolution wavelet approximation though similar, performs better to achieve optimality since it possesses the additional property:</p><p>5) Riesz Property: The basis <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x321.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a Riesz basis. Hence there exists a constant<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x321.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x322.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, independent of the level L for all<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x321.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x322.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the following is true</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula356"><label>(66)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x324.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>By implication, other methods without this property are not <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> stable.</p></sec><sec id="s6"><title>6. Conclusion</title>Analytical Error Estimates<p>Suppose the wavelet decomposition is truncated at level J, we define the residual of the truncation by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula357"><label>(67)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x326.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>This error is a function of the wavelet thresholding parameter <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and the order of the wavelets. If <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a sufficiently smooth function, there exits <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x329.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x329.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x330.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x329.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x330.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x331.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Hence the residual approximation at level J is bounded above [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref25">25</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref27">27</xref>] , and</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula358"><label>(68)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x332.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula359"><label>(69)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x333.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Wavelets can handle periodic boundary conditions efficiently. Moreover, the use of antiderivatives of wavelet bases as trial functions smoothen singurarities in wavelets. The basic principle is summarized as follows:</p><p>1) Represent the geometric region for the bvp in terms of wavelet series.</p><p>2) Represent the functions defined on the boundary and on the interior of the region in terms of wavelet series defined on a rectangular region containing the domain.</p><p>3) Convert the differential equation to some weak form.</p><p>4) Formulate and solve the wavelet Garlerkin problem for the domain and differential equation, using localized wavelets as orthonormal basis.</p><p>An important property of this method is that the coding for the solution is independent of the geometry of the boundary [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.62141-ref28">28</xref>] . The wavelet basis is more efficient than finite element basis for the approximation of the boundary measure. The associated error E is given by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.62141-formula360"><label>(70)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/2-7402977x334.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>We have shown that wavelet-based solution to the stochastic heat equation with random inputs is stable. Computational methods based on the wavelet transform are analyzed for every possible type of stochastic heat equation. The methods are shown to be very convenient for solving such problems, since the initial and boundary conditions are taken into account automatically. The results reveal that the wavelet algorithms are very accurate and efficient.</p></sec><sec id="s7"><title>Cite this paper</title><p>Anthony Y.Aidoo,MatildaWilson, (2015) A Review of Wavelets Solution to Stochastic Heat Equation with Random Inputs. 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