the complex-step derivative approximation is applied to compute numerical derivatives. in this study, we propose a new formula of fractional complex-step method utilizing jumarie definition. based on this method, we illustrated an approximate analytic solution for the fractional cauchy-euler equations. application in image denoising is imposed by introducing a new fractional mask depending on s...

Applying properties of the Laplace transform, the transient heat diffusion equation can be transformed into a fractional (extraordinary) differential equation. This equation can then be modified, using the Fourier Law, into a unique expression relating the local value of the time-varying temperature (or heat flux) and the corresponding transient heat flux (or temperature). We demonstrate that t...

We study fractional scheduling problems in sensor networks, in particular, sleep scheduling (generalisation of fractional domatic partition) and activity scheduling (generalisation of fractional graph colouring). The problems are hard to solve in general even in a centralised setting; however, we show that there are practically relevant families of graphs where these problems admit a local dist...

In the paper, we present a new definition of fractional derivative with a smooth kernel which takes on two different representations for the temporal and spatial variable. The first works on the time variables; thus it is suitable to use the Laplace transform. The second definition is related to the spatial variables, by a non-local fractional derivative, for which it is more convenient to work...

In recent years, notable contributions have been made to both the theory and applications of the fractional differential equations. These equations are increasingly used to model problems in research areas as diverse as population dynamics, mechanical systems, fiber optics, control, chaos, fluid mechanics, continuous-time random walks, anomalous diffusive and subdiffusive systems, unification o...

The diffusion equations with the local and the nonlocal fractional derivatives have been used to describe the flow through disorder media. Recently, the variational iteration method is successfully developed to find approximate solutions of the two kinds of fractional differential equations. This study reveals the new development of the method and compares the applications in two types of fract...