Computational, Experimental, and Theoretical Aspect of Fractional Order Operators
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "Difference and Differential Equations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2022) | Viewed by 23878
Special Issue Editors
Interests: approximation theory; Bayesian method and uncertainty quantification; computational methods; fractional calculus; fractal media and fractional viscoelasticity; fractional poisson process; optimal control; orthogonal functions and their applications to dynamic systems; population genetics and coalescence theory; spectral methods
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fractional calculus has attracted considerable interest because of its ability to model complex phenomena such as continuum and statistical mechanics, viscoelastic materials, high-frequency price dynamics in financial markets, and biological systems such as population genetics. While the fractional integral has been used to describe the fractal structure of materials, which leads to new thermodynamic relations, the fractional derivative could be used to describe viscoelasticity, thermal and chemical diffusion, and light–matter interactions in materials. On the other hand, time-fractional generalizations of the Poisson process, which are based on the fractional Kolmogorov–Feller equation, not only provide a good phenomenological model for high-frequency price dynamics in financial markets but also play a critical role in deriving the fractional coalescent in population genetics where the order of the fractional derivative shows environmental heterogeneity in the population. The strong role of fractional calculus in modeling complex fractal structure–fractional property relations opens up many opportunities to advance our understanding and design of novel materials, advanced structures, and intelligent systems.
The mathematical tools required for these fields include a wide range of problems, such as fractional differential equation, fractional partial differential equation, and fractional control systems where the fractional derivative has been replaced with the integer derivative to create a new set of necessary conditions that must be satisfied.
Dr. Somayeh Mashayekhi
Dr. William S. Oates
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Fractional calculus
- Fractional differential equation
- Fractional partial differential equation
- Fractional control systems
- Fractional integral equation
- Fractional order modeling
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