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    Olivo, James M.
    Abstract
    This thesis studies q-advanced functions that are used as forcing terms in the forced wave equation and the Korteweg-de Vries equation in modeling tsunamis. The model improves existing tsunami models and is compared to data collected from the 2011 Japanese tsunami. The main results show that one can modify existing q-advanced functions to obtain more accuracy in the forcing of a tsunami, and, in turn, gain a more accurate model of a tsunami propagation and its approach to land.  
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1763
    Subject
     Mathematics; Physics; Geology; Forced wave equation; KdV; Multiplicatively advanced differentiable equations; Q-advanced models; Tsunamis; Wavelet 
    Date
    2013
    Citation:
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    Olivo, James M.. (January 2013). Improved Tsunami Modeling Via q-Advanced Special Functions (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1763.)

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    Olivo, James M.. Improved Tsunami Modeling Via q-Advanced Special Functions. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 2013. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1763. March 02, 2021.
    Chicago:
    Olivo, James M., “Improved Tsunami Modeling Via q-Advanced Special Functions” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 2013).
    AMA:
    Olivo, James M.. Improved Tsunami Modeling Via q-Advanced Special Functions [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 2013.
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    East Carolina University

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