Source code for assimulo.examples.rungekutta4_basic

#!/usr/bin/env python 
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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import numpy as N
import pylab as P
import nose
from assimulo.solvers import RungeKutta4
from assimulo.problem import Explicit_Problem

def run_example(with_plots=True):
    r"""
    Demonstration of the use of the use of Runge-Kutta 4 by solving the
    linear test equation :math:`\dot y = - y`
    
    on return:
    
       - :dfn:`exp_mod`    problem instance
    
       - :dfn:`exp_sim`    solver instance
       
    """

        
    #Defines the rhs
    def f(t,y):
        ydot = -y[0]
        return N.array([ydot])

    #Define an Assimulo problem
    exp_mod = Explicit_Problem(f, 4.0,
              name = 'RK4 Example: $\dot y = - y$')
    
    exp_sim = RungeKutta4(exp_mod) #Create a RungeKutta4 solver
    
    #Simulate
    t, y = exp_sim.simulate(5, 100) #Simulate 5 seconds
    
    #Basic test
    nose.tools.assert_almost_equal(float(y[-1]),0.02695179)
    
    #Plot
    if with_plots:
        P.plot(t, y)
        P.title(exp_mod.name)
        P.ylabel('y')
        P.xlabel('Time')
        P.show()
    
    return exp_mod, exp_sim    
    
if __name__=='__main__':
    mod,sim = run_example()