An inverse problem of Robin coefficient identification in parabolic equations with interior degeneracy from terminal observation data

In this work, we determine the unknown Robin coefficient in a degenerate parabolic equation. In inverse analysis, the problem under consideration is nonlinear with an ill-formulated operator and nonlocal. For the stable identification of the unknown Robin coefficient, the inverse problem is formulated into a regularised optimization problem. We discuss a variety of practical challenges associated with the problem. The finite element approximation is used to discretize the continuous optimization problem. The convergence and stability analyses are also discussed. Morozov's discrepancy principle is used with the conjugate gradient procedure to construct an iterative scheme. Finally, experiment results are reported to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed schemes.