Numerical Caputo Differentiation by Radial Basis Functions

Previously, based on the method of (radial powers) radial basis functions, we proposed a procedure for approximating derivative values from one-dimensional scattered noisy data. In this work, we show that the same approach also allows us to approximate the values of (Caputo) fractional derivatives (for orders between 0 and 1). With either an a priori or a posteriori strategy of choosing the regularization parameter, our convergence analysis shows that the approximated fractional derivative values converge at the same rate as in the case of integer order 1.