has characteristic deterministic system behaviour approximate solution finite element method 2011-06-07 http://identifiers.org/doi/10.1109/MAP.2007.376627 A numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations (PDE) as well as of integral equations. The solution approach is based either on eliminating the differential equation completely (steady state problems), or rendering the PDE into an approximating system of ordinary differential equations, which are then numerically integrated using standard techniques such as Euler method [http://identifiers.org/biomodels.kisao/KISAO_0000261], Runge-Kutta [http://identifiers.org/biomodels.kisao/KISAO_0000064], etc. AZ FEA FEM finite element analysis mesh-based geometry handling partial differential equation discretization method