Numerical methods for solving a two-dimensional variable-order anomalous subdiffusion equation

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 81, Issue 277, 2011, Pages 345-366

  Chen, Chang Ming ^a   Liu, F ^b   Anh, V ^b   Turner, I ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anomalous subdiffusion equation; Explicit numerical method; Fractional derivative of variable order

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858987832     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-2011-02447-6     Document Type: Article

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