Our Mission
The Analytic Element Groundwater Modeling Community is a group of researchers and supporters working together to create mathematical codes and applied models using the Analytic Element Method (AEM). The AEM is a technique for solving problems in continuum mechanics that is based on the superposition of analytical functions and requires no discretization of the model space. AEM was originally created for use in groundwater flow and advective transport modeling.
The goal of the Analytic Element Groundwater Modeling Community website is to encourage the application and development of the analytic element method by:
- Providing a center of information exchange for AEM researchers, developers, and users.
- Providing links to the latest AEM publications and codes, including open source efforts.
The coding of analytic element models may be distinguished between (1) curated compiled (cathedral) and (2) scripted open source (bazaar) (Raymond 1999). See the full list of Software.
Examples of AEM Modeling Using Scripting
Examples of Regional Groundwater Models Using AEM
Screen shot of output from a typical regional analytic element model.
