Simulation of sub-surface flow in geologically complex formations
is just one example in computational science, where efficient and
accurate solutions of heterogeneous elliptic problems are of great
interest. Often it is not feasible to resolve the whole range of
relevant length scales associated with the spatial distribution of
the highly varying coefficients. The MSFV method was originally developed
for multi-phase flow in porous media. In the more general form presented
here, it can be applied for solving large elliptic problems in various
areas of computational science. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.
KGaA, Weinheim).