Ma, HangQin, Qing Hua2015-12-100955-7997http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55798In this paper, a novel boundary-type meshless method, the boundary point method (BPM), is developed via an approximation procedure based on the idea of Young et al. [Novel meshless method for solving the potential problems with arbitrary domain. J ComputKeywords: Approximation theory; Boundary conditions; Function evaluation; Numerical methods; Problem solving; Boundary point methods; Fundamental solutions; Meshless method; Moving elements; Singular and hypersingular kernels; Boundary integral equations Boundary integral equation; Boundary point method; Fundamental solution; Meshless method; Moving element; Singular and hypersingular kernels200710.1016/j.enganabound.2007.03.0012015-12-09