Implicit finite difference approximation for time fractional diffusion equations

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1138-1145

  Murio, Diego A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference approximation; Fractional differentiation; Implicit method; Time fractional diffusion; Unconditional stability

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

BROWNIAN MOTION MODEL; ELSEVIER (CO); FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROXIMATION (FDA); FINITE SLABS; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES; LINEAR TIME; LONG MEMORIES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; TIME-FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; UNCONDITIONALLY STABLE (US);

LINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 46049119633     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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