{"title":"FLRNN-FGA: Fractional-Order Lipschitz Recurrent Neural Network with Frequency-Domain Gated Attention Mechanism for Time Series Forecasting","authors":"Chunna Zhao, Junjie Ye, Zelong Zhu, Yaqun Huang","doi":"10.3390/fractalfract8070433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8070433","url":null,"abstract":"Time series forecasting has played an important role in different industries, including economics, energy, weather, and healthcare. RNN-based methods have shown promising potential due to their strong ability to model the interaction of time and variables. However, they are prone to gradient issues like gradient explosion and vanishing gradients. And the prediction accuracy is not high. To address the above issues, this paper proposes a Fractional-order Lipschitz Recurrent Neural Network with a Frequency-domain Gated Attention mechanism (FLRNN-FGA). There are three major components: the Fractional-order Lipschitz Recurrent Neural Network (FLRNN), frequency module, and gated attention mechanism. In the FLRNN, fractional-order integration is employed to describe the dynamic systems accurately. It can capture long-term dependencies and improve prediction accuracy. Lipschitz weight matrices are applied to alleviate the gradient issues. In the frequency module, temporal data are transformed into the frequency domain by Fourier transform. Frequency domain processing can reduce the computational complexity of the model. In the gated attention mechanism, the gated structure can regulate attention information transmission to reduce the number of model parameters. Extensive experimental results on five real-world benchmark datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of FLRNN-FGA compared with the state-of-the-art methods.","PeriodicalId":510138,"journal":{"name":"Fractal and Fractional","volume":"13 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141814642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predicting the Deformation of a Slope Using a Random Coefficient Panel Data Model","authors":"Zhenxia Yuan, Yadong Bian, Weijian Liu, Fuzhou Qi, Haohao Ma, Sen Zheng, Zhenzhu Meng","doi":"10.3390/fractalfract8070429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8070429","url":null,"abstract":"Engineering constructions in coastal areas not only affect existing landslides, but also induce new landslides. Variation of the water level makes the coastal area a geological hazard-prone. Prediction of the slope displacement based on monitoring data plays an important role in early warning of potential landslide and slope failure, and supports the risk management of hazards. Given the complex characteristic of the slope deformation, we proposed a prediction model using random coefficient model under the frame of panel data analysis, so as to take the correlation among monitoring points into consideration. In addition, we classified the monitoring data using Gaussian mixture model, to take the temporal-spatial characteristics into consideration. Monitoring data of Guobu slope was used to validate the model. Results indicated that the proposed model have a better performance in prediction accuracy. We also compared the proposed model with the BP neural network model and temporal – temperature model, and found that the prediction accuracy of the proposed model is better than those of the two control models.","PeriodicalId":510138,"journal":{"name":"Fractal and Fractional","volume":"11 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141815915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spectral Galerkin Methods for Riesz Space-Fractional Convection–Diffusion Equations","authors":"Xinxia Zhang, Jihan Wang, Zhongshu Wu, Zheyi Tang, Xiaoyan Zeng","doi":"10.3390/fractalfract8070431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8070431","url":null,"abstract":"This paper applies the spectral Galerkin method to numerically solve Riesz space-fractional convection–diffusion equations. Firstly, spectral Galerkin algorithms were developed for one-dimensional Riesz space-fractional convection–diffusion equations. The equations were solved by discretizing in space using the Galerkin–Legendre spectral approaches and in time using the Crank–Nicolson Leap-Frog (CNLF) scheme. In addition, the stability and convergence of semi-discrete and fully discrete schemes were analyzed. Secondly, we established a fully discrete form for the two-dimensional case with an additional complementary term on the left and then obtained the stability and convergence results for it. Finally, numerical simulations were performed, and the results demonstrate the effectiveness of our numerical methods.","PeriodicalId":510138,"journal":{"name":"Fractal and Fractional","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141816434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Kheybari, Farzaneh Alizadeh, M.T. Darvishi, K. Hosseini, E. Hıncal
{"title":"A Novel Semi-Analytical Scheme to Deal with Fractional Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) of Variable-Order","authors":"S. Kheybari, Farzaneh Alizadeh, M.T. Darvishi, K. Hosseini, E. Hıncal","doi":"10.3390/fractalfract8070425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8070425","url":null,"abstract":"This article introduces a new numerical algorithm dedicated to solving the most general form of variable-order fractional partial differential models. Both the time and spatial order of derivatives are considered as non-constant values. A combination of the shifted Chebyshev polynomials is used to approximate the solution of such equations. The coefficients of this combination are considered a function of time, and they are obtained using the collocation method. The theoretical aspects of the method are investigated, and then by solving some problems, the efficiency of the method is presented.","PeriodicalId":510138,"journal":{"name":"Fractal and Fractional","volume":"69 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141818904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammed H. Alharbi, Abdullah F. Abu Sunayh, A. G. Atta, W. Abd-Elhameed
{"title":"Novel Approach by Shifted Fibonacci Polynomials for Solving the Fractional Burgers Equation","authors":"Mohammed H. Alharbi, Abdullah F. Abu Sunayh, A. G. Atta, W. Abd-Elhameed","doi":"10.3390/fractalfract8070427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8070427","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyzes a novel use of the shifted Fibonacci polynomials (SFPs) to treat the time-fractional Burgers equation (TFBE). We first develop the fundamental formulas of these polynomials, which include their power series representation and the inversion formula. We establish other new formulas for the SFPs, including integer and fractional derivatives, in order to design the collocation approach for treating the TFBE. These derivative formulas serve as tools that aid in constructing the operational metrics for the integer and fractional derivatives of the SFPs. We use these matrices to transform the problem and its underlying conditions into a system of nonlinear equations that can be treated numerically. An error analysis is analyzed in detail. We also present three illustrative numerical examples and comparisons to test our proposed algorithm. These results showed that the proposed algorithm is advantageous since highly accurate approximate solutions can be obtained by choosing a few terms of retained modes of SFPs.","PeriodicalId":510138,"journal":{"name":"Fractal and Fractional","volume":"120 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141819823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiple Solutions to the Fractional p-Laplacian Equations of Schrödinger–Hardy-Type Involving Concave–Convex Nonlinearities","authors":"Yun-Ho Kim","doi":"10.3390/fractalfract8070426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8070426","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is concerned with nonlocal fractional p-Laplacian Schrödinger–Hardy-type equations involving concave–convex nonlinearities. The first aim is to demonstrate the L∞-bound for any possible weak solution to our problem. As far as we know, the global a priori bound for weak solutions to nonlinear elliptic problems involving a singular nonlinear term such as Hardy potentials has not been studied extensively. To overcome this, we utilize a truncated energy technique and the De Giorgi iteration method. As its application, we demonstrate that the problem above has at least two distinct nontrivial solutions by exploiting a variant of Ekeland’s variational principle and the classical mountain pass theorem as the key tools. Furthermore, we prove the existence of a sequence of infinitely many weak solutions that converges to zero in the L∞-norm. To derive this result, we employ the modified functional method and the dual fountain theorem.","PeriodicalId":510138,"journal":{"name":"Fractal and Fractional","volume":"115 35","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141819907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fractional-Order Tabu Learning Neuron Models and Their Dynamics","authors":"Yajuan Yu, Zhenhua Gu, Min Shi, Feng Wang","doi":"10.3390/fractalfract8070428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8070428","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, by replacing the exponential memory kernel function of a tabu learning single-neuron model with the power-law memory kernel function, a novel Caputo’s fractional-order tabu learning single-neuron model and a network of two interacting fractional-order tabu learning neurons are constructed firstly. Different from the integer-order tabu learning model, the order of the fractional-order derivative is used to measure the neuron’s memory decay rate and then the stabilities of the models are evaluated by the eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix at the equilibrium point of the fractional-order models. By choosing the memory decay rate (or the order of the fractional-order derivative) as the bifurcation parameter, it is proved that Hopf bifurcation occurs in the fractional-order tabu learning single-neuron model where the value of bifurcation point in the fractional-order model is smaller than the integer-order model’s. By numerical simulations, it is shown that the fractional-order network with a lower memory decay rate is capable of producing tangent bifurcation as the learning rate increases from 0 to 0.4. When the learning rate is fixed and the memory decay increases, the fractional-order network enters into frequency synchronization firstly and then enters into amplitude synchronization. During the synchronization process, the oscillation frequency of the fractional-order tabu learning two-neuron network increases with an increase in the memory decay rate. This implies that the higher the memory decay rate of neurons, the higher the learning frequency will be.","PeriodicalId":510138,"journal":{"name":"Fractal and Fractional","volume":"30 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141819490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peng Qin, Chunmei Cheng, Zhenzhu Meng, Chunmei Ding, Sen Zheng, Huaizhi Su
{"title":"Multi-Point Seawall Settlement Prediction with Limited Data Volume Using an Improved Fractional-Order Grey Model","authors":"Peng Qin, Chunmei Cheng, Zhenzhu Meng, Chunmei Ding, Sen Zheng, Huaizhi Su","doi":"10.3390/fractalfract8070423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8070423","url":null,"abstract":"Settlement prediction based on monitoring data holds significant importance for engineering maintenance of seawalls. In practical engineering, the volume of the collected monitoring data is often limited due to the restrictions of devices and engineering budgets. Previous studies have applied the fractional-order grey model to time series prediction under the situation of limited data volume. However, the performance of the fractional-order grey model is easily affected by the inappropriate settings of fractional order. Also, the model cannot make dynamic predictions due to the characteristic of fixed step size. To solve the above problems, in this paper, the genetic algorithm with enhanced search capabilities was employed to solve the premature convergence problem. Additionally, to solve the problem of the fractional-order grey model associated with fixed step size, the real-time tracing algorithm was introduced to conduct equal-dimensionally recursive calculation. The proposed model was validated using monitoring data of four monitoring points at Haiyan seawall in Zhejiang province, China. The prediction performance of the proposed model was then compared with those of the fractional-order GM(1,1), integer-order GM(1,1), and fractal theory model. Results indicate that the proposed model significantly improves the prediction performance compared to other models.","PeriodicalId":510138,"journal":{"name":"Fractal and Fractional","volume":"108 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141821859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mittag-Leffler Synchronization in Finite Time for Uncertain Fractional-Order Multi-Delayed Memristive Neural Networks with Time-Varying Perturbations via Information Feedback","authors":"Hongguang Fan, Xijie Chen, Kaibo Shi, Yaohua Liang, Yang Wang, Hui Wen","doi":"10.3390/fractalfract8070422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8070422","url":null,"abstract":"To construct a nonlinear fractional-order neural network reflecting the complex environment of the real world, this paper considers the common factors such as uncertainties, perturbations, and delays that affect the stability of the network system. In particular, not only does the activation function include multiple time delays, but the memristive connection weights also consider transmission delays. Stemming from the characteristics of neural networks, two different types of discontinuous controllers with state information and sign functions are devised to effectuate network synchronization objectives. Combining the finite-time convergence criterion and the theory of fractional-order calculus, Mittag-Leffler synchronization conditions for fractional-order multi-delayed memristive neural networks (FMMNNs) are derived, and the upper bound of the setting time can be confirmed. Unlike previous jobs, this article focuses on applying different inequality techniques in the synchronous analysis process, rather than comparison principles to manage the multi-delay effects. In addition, this study removes the restrictive requirement that the activation function has a zero value at the switching jumps, and the discontinuous control protocol in this paper makes the networks achieve synchronization over a finite time, with some advantages in terms of the convergence speed.","PeriodicalId":510138,"journal":{"name":"Fractal and Fractional","volume":"120 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141820803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Carrizales-Velazquez, Carlos Felipe, Ariel Guzmán-Vargas, Enrique Lima, L. Guzmán-Vargas
{"title":"Multifractal Analysis of 3D Correlated Nanoporous Networks","authors":"C. Carrizales-Velazquez, Carlos Felipe, Ariel Guzmán-Vargas, Enrique Lima, L. Guzmán-Vargas","doi":"10.3390/fractalfract8070424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8070424","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we utilize Monte Carlo methods and the Dual Site-Bond Model (DSBM) to simulate 3D nanoporous networks with various degrees of correlation. The construction procedure is robust, involving a random exchange of sites and bonds until the most probable configuration (equilibrium) is reached. The resulting networks demonstrate different levels of heterogeneity in the spatial organization of sites and bonds. We then embark on a comprehensive multifractal analysis of these networks, providing a thorough characterization of the effect of the exchanges of nanoporous elements and the correlation of pore sizes on the topology of the porous networks. Our findings present compelling evidence of changes in the multifractality of these nanoporous networks when they display different levels of correlation in the site and bond sizes.","PeriodicalId":510138,"journal":{"name":"Fractal and Fractional","volume":" April","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141823776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}