Fractional calculus in hydrologic modeling: A numerical perspective

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 479-497

  Benson, David A ^a   Meerschaert, Mark M ^b   Revielle, Jordan ^a,c  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ward Petroleum Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional Brownian motion; Fractional calculus; Mobile immobile; Subordination

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL CALCULUS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; EULERIAN; EULERIAN METHOD; FRACTIONAL BROWNIAN MOTION; FRACTIONAL CALCULUS; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES; FRACTIONAL INTEGRATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; INVERSE OPERATORS; LAGRANGIAN; MOBILE/IMMOBILE; NATURAL PHENOMENA; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; STOCHASTIC INTEGRAL; SUBORDINATION;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

CALCULATIONS;

BROWNIAN MOTION; DIFFUSION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84872960762     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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