TY - JOUR AU - Mao, Zhi AU - Luo, Dan PY - 2023 TI - A robust adaptive grid method for first-order nonlinear singularly perturbed Fredholm integro-differential equations JO - Networks and Heterogeneous Media SP - 1006 EP - 1023 VL - 18 IS - 3 AB - In this paper, a robust adaptive grid method is developed for solving first-order nonlinear singularly perturbed Fredholm integro-differential equations (SPFIDEs). Firstly such SPFIDEs are discretized by the backward Euler formula for differential part and the composite numerical quadrature rule for integral part. Then both a prior and an a posterior error analysis in the maximum norm are derived. Based on the prior error bound and the mesh equidistribution principle, it is proved that there exists a mesh gives optimal first-order convergence which is robust with respect to the perturbation parameter. Finally, the posterior error bound is used to choose a suitable monitor function and design a corresponding adaptive grid generation algorithm. Numerical results are given to illustrate our theoretical result. UR - https://doi.org/10.3934/nhm.2023044 DO - 10.3934/nhm.2023044