A review on variable-order fractional differential equations: mathematical foundations, physical models, numerical methods and applications

HG Sun, A Chang, Y Zhang, W Chen - Fractional Calculus and …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Variable-order (VO) fractional differential equations (FDEs) with a time (t), space (x) or other
variables dependent order have been successfully applied to investigate time and/or space …

Applications of variable-order fractional operators: a review

S Patnaik, JP Hollkamp… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Variable-order fractional operators were conceived and mathematically formalized only in
recent years. The possibility of formulating evolutionary governing equations has led to the …

Dynamic analysis and sliding mode synchronization control of chaotic systems with conditional symmetric fractional-order memristors

H Tian, M Zhao, J Liu, Q Wang, X Yu, Z Wang - Fractal and Fractional, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the characteristics of absolute value memristors are verified through the circuit
implementation and construction of a chaotic system with a conditional symmetric fractional …

Numerical simulation for two-dimensional variable-order fractional nonlinear cable equation

AH Bhrawy, MA Zaky - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
The cable equation plays a central role in many areas of electrophysiology and in modeling
neuronal dynamics. This paper reports an accurate spectral collocation method for solving …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal variable-order fractional PID controllers for dynamical systems

A Dabiri, BP Moghaddam, JAT Machado - Journal of Computational and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper studies the design of variable-order fractional proportional–integral–derivative
(VFPID) controllers for linear dynamical systems. For this purpose, a technique to discretize …

A novel fractional variable-order equivalent circuit model and parameter identification of electric vehicle Li-ion batteries

Q Zhang, Y Shang, Y Li, N Cui, B Duan, C Zhang - ISA transactions, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate Li-ion battery modeling is integral to the design of effective battery management
systems in electric vehicles. However, the voltage–current (U–I) characteristic of Li-ion …

On an accurate discretization of a variable-order fractional reaction-diffusion equation

M Hajipour, A Jajarmi, D Baleanu, HG Sun - Communications in Nonlinear …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to develop an accurate discretization technique to solve a class of
variable-order fractional (VOF) reaction-diffusion problems. In the spatial direction, the …

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

X Zhao, Z Sun, GE Karniadakis - Journal of Computational Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
Fractional calculus allows variable-order of fractional operators, which can be exploited in
diverse physical and biological applications where rates of change of the quantity of interest …

A predator–prey model involving variable-order fractional differential equations with Mittag-Leffler kernel

A Khan, HM Alshehri, JF Gómez-Aguilar… - Advances in Difference …, 2021 - Springer
This paper is about to formulate a design of predator–prey model with constant and time
fractional variable order. The predator and prey act as agents in an ecosystem in this …

Memory takes time

NV Kukushkin, TJ Carew - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Memory is an adaptation to particular temporal properties of past events, such as the
frequency of occurrence of a stimulus or the coincidence of multiple stimuli. In neurons, this …