Fractional Order Systems: Deterministic and Stochastic Analysis

A special issue of Fractal and Fractional (ISSN 2504-3110). This special issue belongs to the section "Probability and Statistics".

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Dear Colleagues,

The field of fractional dynamic systems has become very popular and already attracted much scientists and research groups from around the world. Its main advantage is in modeling several complex phenomena, with the best results, in numerous seemingly diverse and widespread areas of science and engineering. Since such developments are currently considered essential in applied sciences, it is very important to focus on possible novelties of the most promising new directions and open problems that have been formulated based on modern techniques and approaches indicated in the latest scientific achievements.  

On the other side, the theory of stochastic processes is considered to be an important contribution to probability theory and continues to be an active topic of research for both theoretical reasons and applications. The word “stochastic” is used to describe other terms and objects in mathematics. Examples include a stochastic matrix, which describes a stochastic process known as a Markov process, and stochastic calculus, which involves differential equations and integrals based on stochastic processes such as the Wiener process, also called the Brownian motion process.

We strictly invite, via this open call for papers, strong interesting contributions providing original results which have been obtained from modern computational techniques of theoretical, experimental, and applied aspects of both deterministic and stochastic fractional dynamic systems. We also strongly encourage young researchers/PhD students who have achieved exciting results while supervised and guided by their scientific advisors to submit their works to this Special Issue. It is necessary that papers have to have a high-level mathematical ground. Note that submitted papers should explicitly meet the Aims and Scope of the FractalFract journal.

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  • Appropriate fractional derivative senses in applied sciences;
  • Computational methods for fractional dynamical systems;
  • Fractional inverse problems: modeling and simulation;
  • Cancer dynamic fractional systems: optimality and modeling;
  • Optimal control for fractional models of HIV/AIDS infection;
  • Latest advancements on COVID-19 pandemic fractional systems;
  • Continuous and discrete fractional systems with randomness;
  • Uncertainty quantification for random fractional dynamic systems;
  • Stochastic analysis for fractional mathematical models;
  • Instantaneous impulsive fractional equations and inclusions;
  • Applications of fractional problems in science and engineering;
  • Implementation methods and simulations for fractional models;
  • Fractional reaction-diffusion and Navier–Stokes equations;
  • Automorphic and periodic solutions for fractional systems;
  • Approximation methods for fractional order systems;
  • Stochastic processes involving fractional PDEs;
  • Control and optimization for fractional systems;
  • Variable order differentiation and integration;
  • Heat transfer involving local fractional operators;
  • Waves, wavelets and fractal: fractional calculus approach.

Prof. Dr. Amar Debbouche
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Monotone Iterative Method for ψ-Caputo Fractional Differential Equation with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions
by Zidane Baitiche, Choukri Derbazi, Jehad Alzabut, Mohammad Esmael Samei, Mohammed K. A. Kaabar and Zailan Siri
Fractal Fract. 2021, 5(3), 81; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/fractalfract5030081 - 29 Jul 2021
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The main contribution of this paper is to prove the existence of extremal solutions for a novel class of ψ-Caputo fractional differential equation with nonlinear boundary conditions. For this purpose, we utilize the well-known monotone iterative technique together with the method of [...] Read more.
The main contribution of this paper is to prove the existence of extremal solutions for a novel class of ψ-Caputo fractional differential equation with nonlinear boundary conditions. For this purpose, we utilize the well-known monotone iterative technique together with the method of upper and lower solutions. Finally, we provide an example along with graphical representations to confirm the validity of our main results. Full article
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Uncertainty Quantification of Random Microbial Growth in a Competitive Environment via Probability Density Functions
by Vicente José Bevia, Clara Burgos Simón, Juan Carlos Cortés and Rafael J. Villanueva Micó
Fractal Fract. 2021, 5(2), 26; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/fractalfract5020026 - 24 Mar 2021
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The Baranyi–Roberts model describes the dynamics of the volumetric densities of two interacting cell populations. We randomize this model by considering that the initial conditions are random variables whose distributions are determined by using sample data and the principle of maximum entropy. Subsequenly, [...] Read more.
The Baranyi–Roberts model describes the dynamics of the volumetric densities of two interacting cell populations. We randomize this model by considering that the initial conditions are random variables whose distributions are determined by using sample data and the principle of maximum entropy. Subsequenly, we obtain the Liouville–Gibbs partial differential equation for the probability density function of the two-dimensional solution stochastic process. Because the exact solution of this equation is unaffordable, we use a finite volume scheme to numerically approximate the aforementioned probability density function. From this key information, we design an optimization procedure in order to determine the best growth rates of the Baranyi–Roberts model, so that the expectation of the numerical solution is as close as possible to the sample data. The results evidence good fitting that allows for performing reliable predictions. Full article
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On Strongly Continuous Resolving Families of Operators for Fractional Distributed Order Equations
by Vladimir E. Fedorov and Nikolay V. Filin
Fractal Fract. 2021, 5(1), 20; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/fractalfract5010020 - 02 Mar 2021
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The aim of this work is to find by the methods of the Laplace transform the conditions for the existence of a strongly continuous resolving family of operators for a linear homogeneous equation in a Banach space with the distributed Gerasimov–Caputo fractional derivative [...] Read more.
The aim of this work is to find by the methods of the Laplace transform the conditions for the existence of a strongly continuous resolving family of operators for a linear homogeneous equation in a Banach space with the distributed Gerasimov–Caputo fractional derivative and with a closed densely defined operator A in the right-hand side. It is proved that the existence of a resolving family of operators for such equation implies the belonging of the operator A to the class CW(K,a), which is defined here. It is also shown that from the continuity of a resolving family of operators at t=0 the boundedness of A follows. The existence of a resolving family is shown for ACW(K,a) and for the upper limit of the integration in the distributed derivative not greater than 2. As corollary, we obtain the existence of a unique solution for the Cauchy problem to the equation of such class. These results are used for the investigation of the initial boundary value problems unique solvability for a class of partial differential equations of the distributed order with respect to time. Full article
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Novel Techniques for a Verified Simulation of Fractional-Order Differential Equations
by Andreas Rauh and Luc Jaulin
Fractal Fract. 2021, 5(1), 17; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/fractalfract5010017 - 21 Feb 2021
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Verified simulation techniques have been investigated intensively by researchers who are dealing with ordinary and partial differential equations. Tasks that have been considered in this context are the solution to initial value problems and boundary value problems, parameter identification, as well as the [...] Read more.
Verified simulation techniques have been investigated intensively by researchers who are dealing with ordinary and partial differential equations. Tasks that have been considered in this context are the solution to initial value problems and boundary value problems, parameter identification, as well as the solution of optimal control problems in cases in which bounded uncertainty in parameters and initial conditions are present. In contrast to system models with integer-order derivatives, fractional-order models have not yet gained the same attention if verified solution techniques are desired. In general, verified simulation techniques rely on interval methods, zonotopes, or Taylor model arithmetic and allow for computing guaranteed outer enclosures of the sets of solutions. As such, not only the influence of uncertain but bounded parameters can be accounted for in a guaranteed way. In addition, also round-off and (temporal) truncation errors that inevitably occur in numerical software implementations can be considered in a rigorous manner. This paper presents novel iterative and series-based solution approaches for the case of initial value problems to fractional-order system models, which will form the basic building block for implementing state estimation schemes in continuous-discrete settings, where the system dynamics is assumed as being continuous but measurements are only available at specific discrete sampling instants. Full article
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Non-Linear First-Order Differential Boundary Problems with Multipoint and Integral Conditions
by Misir J. Mardanov, Yagub A. Sharifov, Yusif S. Gasimov and Carlo Cattani
Fractal Fract. 2021, 5(1), 15; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/fractalfract5010015 - 05 Feb 2021
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This paper considers boundary value problem (BVP) for nonlinear first-order differential problems with multipoint and integral boundary conditions. A suitable Green function was constructed for the first time in order to reduce this problem into a corresponding integral equation. So that by using [...] Read more.
This paper considers boundary value problem (BVP) for nonlinear first-order differential problems with multipoint and integral boundary conditions. A suitable Green function was constructed for the first time in order to reduce this problem into a corresponding integral equation. So that by using the Banach contraction mapping principle (BCMP) and Schaefer’s fixed point theorem (SFPT) on the integral equation, we can show that the solution of the multipoint problem exists and it is unique. Full article
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