# Numerical schemes to reconstruct three dimensional time-dependent point sources of acoustic waves

## TL;DR

This paper introduces numerical schemes based on the modified method of fundamental solutions for reconstructing three-dimensional time-dependent acoustic point sources, including stationary and moving sources, demonstrating their effectiveness through numerical experiments.

## Contribution

The paper proposes a novel MMFS-based approach for 3D time-dependent inverse acoustic source problems, including a simplified sampling method for moving sources.

## Key findings

- Effective reconstruction of stationary point sources
- Successful reconstruction of moving point sources
- Numerical experiments validate the proposed methods

## Abstract

This paper is concerned with the numerical simulation of three dimensional time-dependent inverse source problems of acoustic waves. The reconstructions of both multiple stationary point sources and a moving point source are considered. The modified method of fundamental solutions (MMFS), which expands the solution utilizing the time convolution of the Green's function and the signal function, is proposed to solve the problem. For the reconstruction of a moving point source, moreover, the MMFS is simplified as a simple sampling method at each time step. Numerical experiments are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed methods.