Second-order approximations for variable order fractional derivatives: Algorithms and applications

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 293, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-200

  Zhao, Xuan ^a   Sun, Zhi zhong ^a   Karniadakis, George Em ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Burgers equation; High order; Variable order fractional operators; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; BURGER'S EQUATIONS; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES; FRACTIONAL OPERATORS; HIGH-ORDER; HIGHER-ORDER; SECOND-ORDER APPROXIMATION; SPACETIME; VARIABLE-ORDER FRACTIONAL OPERATOR; VARIABLES ORDERING;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 85027918128     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2014.08.015     Document Type: Article

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