V. FIGURE LEGENDS
FIGURE 1 The schematic diagram of this study
FIGURE 2 Conventional one–dimensional domain and the spacetime domain: (a) conventional one–dimensional transient problem, and (b) boundary points of the problem in the spacetime domain
FIGURE 3 The order of the basis function versus the MAE
FIGURE 4 Result comparison of Example 1
FIGURE 5 Absolute error of the results computed with the analytical solution at final time
FIGURE 6 Result comparison of Example 2
FIGURE 7 Absolute error of the results computed with the analytical solution at final time
FIGURE 8 Schematic of finite coastal confined aquifer: (a) Case A: constant initial hydraulic head, and (b) Case B: inclined initial hydraulic head
FIGURE 9 Result comparison of Example 3 (Case A)
FIGURE 10 Result comparison of Example 3 (Case B)
FIGURE 11 Comparison of the results computed with previous studies ()
FIGURE 12 Comparison of the results computed with previous studies ()
FIGURE 13 Comparison of the accuracy with the FDM and the proposed method at : (a) , (b) , and (c)
FIGURE 14 The location of Xing–Da port in southwestern Taiwan
FIGURE 15 The tidal fluctuation and the measured groundwater response
FIGURE 16 Comparison of the computed groundwater response with measured data