Computational aspects of FEM approximation of fractional advection dispersion equations on bounded domains in R2

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 243-268

  Roop, John Paul ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Fractional advection dispersion equations; Fractional differential operators; Fractional diffusion equations

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISPERSIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FRACTIONAL ADVECTION DISPERSION EQUATIONS; FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS; FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 33646191893     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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