Fractional Calculus: Quo Vadimus? (Where are we Going?)

Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 495-526

  Machado, J Tenreiro ^a   Mainardi, Francesco ^b   Kiryakova, Virginia ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Fractional calculus open problems; fractional order differential equations; fractional order mathematical models; International Conferences "Fractional Differentiation and Applications" (FDA); perspectives; progress and trends in its development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940392238     PISSN: 13110454     EISSN: 13142444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/fca-2015-0031     Document Type: Review

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