Discrete random walk models for space-time fractional diffusion

Chemical Physics

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 521-541

  Gorenflo, Rudolf ^a   Mainardi, Francesco ^b   Moretti, Daniele ^c   Pagnini, Gianni ^d   Paradisi, Paolo ^e  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CRIBISNET SpA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^e Sezione di Lecce Strada Provinciale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Fractional derivatives; Random walks; Stable probability distributions; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0036828301     PISSN: 03010104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0104(02)00714-0     Document Type: Article

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