Rogue waves and rational solutions of a (3+1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equation

A simple symbolic computation approach for finding the rogue waves and rational solutions to the nonlinear evolution equation is proposed. It turns out that many rational solutions with real and complex forms of a (3 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equation are obtained. Some features of rogue waves and rational solutions are graphically discussed. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.