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Fractal and Fractional, Volume 8, Issue 1

2024 January - 73 articles

Cover Story: This study has demonstrated fractal modeling to be a useful data-driven tool for identifying weak and mixed anomalies from geochemical data of the deep-sea sediments in the Pacific Ocean. Multifractal spectrum analysis shows that the spatial patterns of rare-earth elements (REEs) in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean Basin (NPOB) and Central Pacific Ocean Basin (CPOB) were similar, whereas they were different to those in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Basin (EPOB). Fractal filtering indicates that the vertical distribution of REEs in the NPOB and CPOB shows a downward trend from top to bottom, while that in the EPOB shows an upward trend. These results suggest that phosphorus was the main factor controlling REE enrichment in the EPOB, while phosphorus and calcium were the main factors in the NPOB and CPOB. View this paper
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Articles (73)

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,083 Views
22 Pages

Boundary Value Problem for a Coupled System of Nonlinear Fractional q-Difference Equations with Caputo Fractional Derivatives

  • Saleh S. Redhwan,
  • Maoan Han,
  • Mohammed A. Almalahi,
  • Mona Alsulami and
  • Maryam Ahmed Alyami

This paper focuses on the analysis of a coupled system governed by a Caputo-fractional derivative with q-integral-coupled boundary conditions. This system is particularly relevant in modeling multi-atomic systems, including scenarios involving adsorb...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fractional Integral and Derivative Operators with Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,247 Views
17 Pages

Matkowski-Type Functional Contractions under Locally Transitive Binary Relations and Applications to Singular Fractional Differential Equations

  • Faizan Ahmad Khan,
  • Nidal H. E. Eljaneid,
  • Ahmed Alamer,
  • Esmail Alshaban and ,
  • Fahad Maqbul Alamrani and
  • Adel Alatawi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This article presents a few fixed-point results under Matkowski-type functional contractive mapping using locally J-transitive binary relations. Our results strengthen, enhance, and consolidate numerous existent fixed-point results. To argue for the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equation and Fixed-Point Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,873 Views
20 Pages

Recently, a number of researchers from different fields have taken a keen interest in the domain of fractional q-calculus on the basis of fractional integrals and derivative operators. This has been used in various scientific research and technology...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fractional Integral and Derivative Operators with Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,501 Views
28 Pages

We explore the existence, uniqueness, and multiplicity of positive solutions to a system of fractional q-difference equations that include fractional q-integrals. This investigation is carried out under coupled multi-point boundary conditions featuri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fractional Integral and Derivative Operators with Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,972 Views
13 Pages

This paper deepens some results on a Mandelbrot set and Julia sets of Caputo’s fractional order. It is shown analytically and computationally that the classical Mandelbrot set of integer order is a particular case of Julia sets of Caputo-like f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fractional Integral and Derivative Operators with Applications)
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  • Open Access
32 Citations
2,764 Views
26 Pages

The current study discusses a novel approach for numerically solving MTVO-TFDWEs under various conditions, such as IBCs and DBCs. It uses a class of GSJPs that satisfy the given conditions (IBCs or DBCs). One of the important parts of our method is e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers for Numerical and Computational Methods Section)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,271 Views
18 Pages

The objective of this article is to introduce the ∆h bivariate Appell polynomials ∆hAs[r](λ,η;h) and their extended form via fractional operators. The study described in this paper follows the line of study in which t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,647 Views
15 Pages

Numerous studies have observed and analyzed the dynamics of language change from a diffusion perspective. As a complex and changeable system, the process of language change is characterized by a long memory that conforms to ultraslow diffusion. Howev...

(This article belongs to the Topic Recent Trends in Nonlinear, Chaotic and Complex Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,157 Views
25 Pages

In this article, a considerably efficient predictor-corrector method (PCM) for solving Atangana–Baleanu Caputo (ABC) fractional differential equations (FDEs) is introduced. First, we propose a conventional PCM whose computational speed scales w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fractional Integral and Derivative Operators with Applications)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,542 Views
22 Pages

Detrital zircon geochronology plays a crucial role in provenance analysis, serving as one of the fundamental strategies. The age spectrum of detrital zircons collected from the sedimentary unit of interest is often compared or correlated with that of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractals in Geology and Geochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,302 Views
15 Pages

In this paper, we derive an explicit formula of solutions to Hilfer linear fractional integro-differential equations with a variable coefficient in a weighted space, and obtain the existence and uniqueness of solutions for fractional kinetic equation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fractional Integral and Derivative Operators with Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,280 Views
17 Pages

The purpose of this study is to explore the existence and uniqueness of the best proximity points for α,Θ-proximal contractions, a novel concept introduced in the context of F-metric spaces. Moreover, we provide an example to show the usa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equation and Fixed-Point Theory)
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  • Open Access
52 Citations
6,372 Views
25 Pages

This study presents the tilt integral derivative (TID) controller technique for controlling the speed of BLDC motors in order to improve the real-time control of brushless direct current motors in electric vehicles. The TID controller is applied to t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advance on the Fractal and Fractional Calculus in Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,141 Views
16 Pages

Fractal Analysis of the Centrifuge Vibrograms

  • Iaroslav Lavrenko,
  • Anton Popov,
  • Ivan Seleznov and
  • Ken Kiyono

This paper presents a new approach to analyzing the components of centrifuge rotor vibrograms using a 2D trajectory fractal analysis based on the Detrended Moving Average method. The method identifies the different noise oscillatory behavior of the r...

(This article belongs to the Section Engineering)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,680 Views
4 Pages

The theory and applications of differential equations have played an essential role both in the development of mathematics and in exploring new horizons in the applied sciences [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical and Analytical Methods for Differential Equations and Systems)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,641 Views
18 Pages

This manuscript focuses on new generalizations of q-Mittag-Leffler functions, called generalized hyper q-Mittag-Leffler functions, and discusses their regions of convergence and various fractional q operators. Moreover, the solutions to the q-fractio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Simulations and Advanced Techniques for Nonlinear Fractional Evolution Models)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,948 Views
17 Pages

In order to describe neuronal dynamics on different time-scales, we propose a stochastic model based on two coupled fractional stochastic differential equations, with different fractional orders. For the specified choice of involved functions and par...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Models and Statistical Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,999 Views
14 Pages

Fractal dimension, as a common nonlinear dynamics metric, is extensively applied in biomedicine, fault diagnosis, underwater acoustics, etc. However, traditional fractal dimension can only analyze the complexity of the time series given a single chan...

(This article belongs to the Section Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,088 Views
14 Pages

Predicting the Remaining Useful Life of Turbofan Engines Using Fractional Lévy Stable Motion with Long-Range Dependence

  • Deyu Qi,
  • Zijiang Zhu,
  • Fengmin Yao,
  • Wanqing Song and ,
  • Aleksey Kudreyko,
  • Piercarlo Cattani and
  • Francesco Villecco
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Remaining useful life prediction guarantees a reliable and safe operation of turbofan engines. Long-range dependence (LRD) and heavy-tailed characteristics of degradation modeling make this method advantageous for the prediction of RUL. In this study...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,311 Views
20 Pages

This paper proposes an active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) architecture for a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) position servo system. The presented method achieved enhanced tracking and disturbance rejection performance with a limite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Fractional-Order Systems to Automatic Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,969 Views
17 Pages

In this paper, we use the finite volume element method (FVEM) to approximate a one-dimensional, time fractional generalized Burgers’ equation. We construct the fully discrete finite volume element scheme for this equation by approximating the t...

(This article belongs to the Section General Mathematics, Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,644 Views
21 Pages

In this paper, we investigate the controllability conditions of linear control systems involving distinct local fractional derivatives. Sufficient conditions for controllability using Kalman rank conditions and the Gramian matrix are presented. We sh...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical and Physical Analysis of Fractional Dynamical Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,632 Views
20 Pages

In this work, a fully discrete mixed finite element (MFE) scheme is designed to solve the multi-term time-fractional reaction–diffusion equations with variable coefficients by using the well-known L1 formula and the Raviart–Thomas MFE spa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Solution and Applications of Fractional Differential Equations, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,363 Views
39 Pages

The fractal dimension (D) is a very useful indicator for recognizing images. The fractal dimension increases as the pattern of an image becomes rougher. Therefore, images are frequently described as certain models of fractal geometry. Among the model...

(This article belongs to the Section Numerical and Computational Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,907 Views
25 Pages

Fractal-Based Pattern Quantification of Mineral Grains: A Case Study of Yichun Rare-Metal Granite

  • Yue Liu,
  • Tao Sun,
  • Kaixing Wu,
  • Hongwei Zhang and ,
  • Jingwei Zhang,
  • Xinwen Jiang,
  • Quanwei Lin and
  • Mei Feng
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The quantification of the irregular morphology and distribution pattern of mineral grains is an essential but challenging task in ore-related mineralogical research, allowing for tracing the footprints of pattern-forming geological processes that are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractals in Geology and Geochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,282 Views
27 Pages

Deep low-rank coalbed methane (CBM) resources are numerous and widely distributed in China, although their exploration remains in its infancy. In this work, gas adsorption (N2/CO2), mercury intrusion porosimetry, and 3D CT reconstruction were perform...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,448 Views
10 Pages

Stability in the Sense of Hyers–Ulam–Rassias for the Impulsive Volterra Equation

  • El-sayed El-hady,
  • Süleyman Öğrekçi,
  • Tania A. Lazăr and
  • Vasile L. Lazăr

This article aims to use various fixed-point techniques to study the stability issue of the impulsive Volterra integral equation in the sense of Ulam–Hyers (sometimes known as Hyers–Ulam) and Hyers–Ulam–Rassias. By eliminating...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metric Spaces with Its Application to Fractional Differential Equations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,244 Views
13 Pages

This article investigates the differential privacy of the initial state for nabla discrete fractional-order dynamic systems. A novel differentially private Gaussian mechanism is developed which enhances the system’s security by injecting random...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Optimization, and Control of Fractional-Order Neural Networks and Nonlinear Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,393 Views
19 Pages

Geochemical Characteristics of Deep-Sea Sediments in Different Pacific Ocean Regions: Insights from Fractal Modeling

  • Yan Zhang,
  • Gaowen He,
  • Fan Xiao,
  • Yong Yang and ,
  • Fenlian Wang and
  • Yonggang Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Exploration of mineral resources in the deep sea has become an international trend. However, deep-sea mineral exploration faces challenges such as complex offshore drilling and the weak and mixed signals of ore deposits. Therefore, studying methods f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractals in Geology and Geochemistry)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,808 Views
16 Pages

Controllability of Fractional Complex Networks

  • Xionggai Bao,
  • Weiyuan Ma and
  • Xin Li

Controllability is a fundamental issue in the field of fractional complex network control, yet it has not received adequate attention in the past. This paper is dedicated to exploring the controllability of complex networks involving the Caputo fract...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Order Controllers for Non-linear Systems)
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  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,435 Views
19 Pages

In this paper, the Caputo-based fractional derivative optimal control model is looked at to learn more about how the human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) spreads. Model solution properties such as boundedness and non-negativity are checked and fou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Computational Physics with Fractional Application, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,192 Views
19 Pages

Pore Structure Quantification and Fractal Characterization of MSA Mortar Based on 1H Low-Field NMR

  • Zhen Jiang,
  • Huan He,
  • Guanglin Tian,
  • Weizuo Guo and ,
  • Yingzhen Li and
  • Zheng Pan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

With the gradual depletion of natural sand due to over-exploitation, alternative building materials, such as manufactured sand aggregate (MSA), have attracted much attention. In order to interpret the evolution of pore structure and fractal character...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal Analysis and Its Applications in Geophysical Science)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,214 Views
27 Pages

This study presents multistability mechanisms that can enhance the energy harvesting performance of a piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) with geometrical nonlinearities. To configure triple potential wells, static bifurcation diagrams in the struct...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal Theory and Models in Nonlinear Dynamics and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,853 Views
33 Pages

Fractional View Analysis System of Korteweg–de Vries Equations Using an Analytical Method

  • Yousef Jawarneh,
  • Zainab Alsheekhhussain and
  • M. Mossa Al-Sawalha

This study introduces two innovative methods, the new transform iteration method and the residual power series transform method, to solve fractional nonlinear system Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equations. These equations, fundamental in describing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical and Exact Methods for Nonlinear Differential Equations and Applications in Physics)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,437 Views
14 Pages

On the Impacts of the Global Sea Level Dynamics

  • Costas Varotsos,
  • Yuri Mazei,
  • Nicholas V. Sarlis,
  • Damir Saldaev and
  • Maria Efstathiou

The temporal evolution of the global mean sea level (GMSL) is investigated in the present analysis using the monthly mean values obtained from two sources: a reconstructed dataset and a satellite altimeter dataset. To this end, we use two well-known...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,937 Views
18 Pages

Fractional-Order LCL Filters: Principle, Frequency Characteristics, and Their Analysis

  • Junhua Xu,
  • Ermeng Zeng,
  • Xiaocong Li,
  • Guopeng He and ,
  • Weixun Liu and
  • Xuanren Meng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The fractional-order LCL filter, composed of two fractional-order inductors and one fractional-order capacitor, is a novel fractional-order π-type circuit introduced in recent years. Based on mathematical modeling, this article comprehensively stu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advance on the Fractal and Fractional Calculus in Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
6,558 Views
19 Pages

Research on Application of Fractional Calculus Operator in Image Underlying Processing

  • Guo Huang,
  • Hong-ying Qin,
  • Qingli Chen,
  • Zhanzhan Shi and ,
  • Shan Jiang and
  • Chenying Huang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Fractional calculus extends traditional, integer-based calculus to include non-integer orders, offering a powerful tool for a range of engineering applications, including image processing. This work delves into the utility of fractional calculus in t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Calculus in Signal, Imaging Processing and Machine Learning)
  • Correction
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1,588 Views
2 Pages

Avanish Bhadauria from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR–CEERI), India, was not included as an author in the original publication [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,882 Views
43 Pages

Why do fractals appear in so many domains of science? What is the physical principle that generates them? While it is true that fractals naturally appear in many physical systems, it has so far been impossible to derive them from first physical princ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Complexity, Fractality and Fractional Dynamics Applied to Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,442 Views
17 Pages

A Numerical Scheme and Application to the Fractional Integro-Differential Equation Using Fixed-Point Techniques

  • Arul Joseph Gnanaprakasam,
  • Balaji Ramalingam,
  • Gunaseelan Mani,
  • Ozgur Ege and
  • Reny George

In this paper, we introduce the notion of orthogonal α–F–convex contraction mapping and prove some fixed-point theorems for self-mapping in orthogonal complete metric spaces. The proven results generalize and extend some of the well...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metric Spaces with Its Application to Fractional Differential Equations)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,287 Views
28 Pages

A Binary Medium Constitutive Model for Frozen Solidified Saline Soil in Cold Regions and Its Fractal Characteristics Analysis

  • Xinrui Kang,
  • Hongbo Li,
  • Gang Zhang,
  • Sheng Li and ,
  • Long Shan,
  • Jing Zhao and
  • Zhe Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

In addressing the issue of strength degradation in saline soil foundations under the salt-freeze coupling effects, a binary medium constitutive model suitable for un-solidified and solidified frozen saline soil is proposed considering both bonding an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal Analysis and Its Applications in Rock Engineering)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,162 Views
32 Pages

The Impact of Turkish Economic News on the Fractality of Borsa Istanbul: A Multidisciplinary Approach

  • Mehmet Ali Balcı,
  • Ömer Akgüller,
  • Larissa M. Batrancea and
  • Anca Nichita

This study explores the connection between the fractal dimensions of time series representing sentiments regarding economic news and the fractal dimensions of correlation networks among companies listed in the Borsa Istanbul star section. While there...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal and Multifractal Analyses in Financial Markets and Economics, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,235 Views
24 Pages

Power-Efficient Electronically Tunable Fractional-Order Filter

  • Sadaf Tasneem,
  • Rajeev Kumar Ranjan,
  • Sajal K. Paul and
  • Norbert Herencsar

This article describes a low-voltage, low-power fractional-order low-pass filter (FO-LPF) of order 1 + α, which is implemented using a voltage differencing differential difference amplifier (VDDDA). The VDDDA structure is implemented using the...

(This article belongs to the Section Engineering)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,339 Views
8 Pages

In this article, we are concerned with a very general integral boundary value problem of Riemann–Liouville derivatives. We will study the problem in Banach space. To be more specific, we are interested in proving the existence of a solution to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nonlinear Functional Analysis on Fractional Differential Equations)
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  • Open Access
37 Citations
3,115 Views
19 Pages

The article outlines a creative approach by fusing ideas from fuzzy contractions, graph mappings, and Kannan mappings to create a brand-new notion known as “Kannan-graph-fuzzy contraction”. This combination of concepts makes it possible t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metric Spaces with Its Application to Fractional Differential Equations)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,274 Views
16 Pages

This paper addresses the theoretical issues in k-valued logic, which are crucial for developing solutions in various fields of science and technology. One of the fundamental issues is a complete description of the closed classes of functions of three...

(This article belongs to the Topic Approximation Theory in Computer and Computational Sciences)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,485 Views
17 Pages

Fractional calculus is defined by expanded integer order integration and differentiation. In this paper, multiple mathematical models of a nonlinear dual-tank device are precisely formulated by fractional calculus. Using the accurate model, a multiva...

(This article belongs to the Section Engineering)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,324 Views
21 Pages

In this paper, we focus on investigating the well-posedness of backward stochastic differential equations with jumps (BSDEJs) driven by irregular coefficients. We establish new results regarding the existence and uniqueness of solutions for a specifi...

(This article belongs to the Section Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,134 Views
12 Pages

In this paper, the inverse cumulative grey time power model with a Caputo fractional derivative is established, and the solution to the whitening equation is given by the Laplace transform. To improve the prediction accuracy of the model, the linear-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,486 Views
21 Pages

Ferroresonance is characterized by overvoltage and irregular operation in power systems, which can greatly endanger system equipment. Mechanism analysis of the ferroresonance phenomenon depends mainly on model accuracy. Due to the fractional-order ch...

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