Weighted average finite difference methods for fractional diffusion equations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 264-274

  Yuste, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Finite difference methods; Fractional diffusion equation; von Neumann stability analysis

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STABILITY CRITERIA; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; CRANK-NICHOLSON METHOD; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES; FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATION; SECOND-ORDER APPROXIMATION; TIME STEP; VON-NEUMANN STABILITY ANALYSIS; WEIGHTED AVERAGE METHOD; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 33646128485     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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