TY - JOUR AU - Kim, Kyunghoon AU - Jang, Bongsoo PY - 2013 DA - 2013/12/18 TI - A semi-analytic method with an effect of memory for solving fractional differential equations JO - Advances in Difference Equations SP - 371 VL - 2013 IS - 1 AB - In this paper, we propose a new modification of the multistage generalized differential transform method (MsGDTM) for solving fractional differential equations. In MsGDTM, it is the key how to impose an initial condition in each sub-domain to obtain an accurate approximate solution. In several literature works (Odibat et al. in Comput. Math. Appl. 59:1462-1472, 2010; Alomari in Comput. Math. Appl. 61:2528-2534, 2011; Gökdoğan et al. in Math. Comput. Model. 54:2132-2138, 2011), authors have updated an initial condition in each sub-domain by using the approximate solution in the previous sub-domain. However, we point out that this approach is hard to apply an effect of memory which is the basic property of fractional differential equations. Here we provide a new algorithm to impose the initial conditions by using the integral operator that enhances accuracy. Several illustrative examples are demonstrated, and it is shown that the proposed technique is robust and accurate for solving fractional differential equations. SN - 1687-1847 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1847-2013-371 DO - 10.1186/1687-1847-2013-371 ID - Kim2013 ER -