A finite element method for time fractional partial differential equations

Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 454-474

  Ford, Neville J ^a   Xiao, Jingyu ^b   Yan, Yubin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

error estimates; finite element method; fractional partial differential equations; numerical examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051692866     PISSN: 13110454     EISSN: 13142444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13540-011-0028-2     Document Type: Article

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