Efficient computation of the Grünwald-Letnikov fractional diffusion derivative using adaptive time step memory

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DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2015.04.048zbMATH Open1349.65320arXiv1505.03967OpenAlexW1696467154MaRDI QIDQ350152FDOQ350152

Nirupama Bhattacharya, Gabriel A. Silva, Christopher L. MacDonald, Brian P. Sprouse

Publication date: 5 December 2016

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Computing numerical solutions to fractional differential equations can be computationally intensive due to the effect of non-local derivatives in which all previous time points contribute to the current iteration. In general, numerical approaches that depend on truncating part of the system history while efficient, can suffer from high degrees of error and inaccuracy. Here we present an adaptive time step memory method for smooth functions applied to the Grunwald-Letnikov fractional diffusion derivative. This method is computationally efficient and results in smaller errors during numerical simulations. Sampled points along the system history at progressively longer intervals are assumed to reflect the values of neighboring time points. By including progressively fewer points backward in time, a temporally weighted history is computed that includes contributions from the entire past of the system, maintaining accuracy, but with fewer points actually calculated, greatly improving computational efficiency.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.03967




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