A new semi-analytical collocation method for solving multi-term fractional partial differential equations with time variable coefficients

The aim of this paper is to present a new numerical method for solving a wide class of fractional partial differential equations (FPDEs) such as wave-diffusion equations, modified anomalous fractional sub-diffusion equations, time-fractional telegraph equations. The proposed method is based on the Fourier series expansion along the spatial coordinate which transforms the original equation into a sequence of multi-term fractional ordinary differential equations (ODEs). These fractional equations are solved by the use of a new efficient numerical technique the backward substitution method. The numerical examples confirm the high accuracy and efficiency of the proposed numerical scheme in solving FPDEs with variable in time coefficients. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.