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In this paper, efficient numerical schemes are proposed for solving the fractional water wave models that describe the propagation of surface water wave. By using the weighted and shifted Grünwald–Letnikov (WSGL) formula to approximate the nonlocal fractional operators, we design a series of second order accurate difference schemes for the considered models. The existence, stability and convergence of numerical solutions of the proposed numerical schemes are established rigorously. The analysis shows that the proposed numerical schemes are unconditionally stable with second order accuracy for both temporal and spatial discretizations. Several numerical results are provided to verify the efficiency and accuracy of our theoretical analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Smoking is one of the main causes of health problems and continues to be one of the world’s most significant health challenges. In this paper, the dynamics of a giving up smoking model containing fractional derivatives is studied numerically. The multistep generalized differential transform method (for short MSGDTM) is employed to compute accurate approximate solutions to a giving up smoking model of fractional order. The unique positive solution for the fractional order model is presented. A comparative study between the new algorithm and the classical Runge–Kutta method is presented in the case of integer-order derivatives. The solutions obtained are also presented graphically. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Fractional differentials provide more accurate models of systems under consideration. In this paper, approximation techniques based on the shifted Legendre-tau idea are presented to solve a class of initial-boundary value problems for the fractional diffusion equations with variable coefficients on a finite domain. The fractional derivatives are described in the Caputo sense. The technique is derived by expanding the required approximate solution as the elements of shifted Legendre polynomials. Using the operational matrix of the fractional derivative the problem can be reduced to a set of linear algebraic equations. From the computational point of view, the solution obtained by this method is in excellent agreement with those obtained by previous work in the literature and also it is efficient to use. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: In this paper, a fractional order differential system for modeling human T-cell lymphotropic virus I (HTLV-I) infection of CD4+ T-cells is studied and its approximate solution is presented using a multi-step generalized differential transform method. The method is only a simple modification of the generalized differential transform method, in which it is treated as an algorithm in a sequence of small intervals (i.e. time step) for finding accurate approximate solutions to the corresponding systems. The solutions obtained are also presented graphically. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]