A Directly Numerical Algorithm for a Backward Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation Based on the Finite Element Method

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2015/414727/figures/414727.fig.003a.svgz" name="414727.fig.003a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Inverse solution</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2015/414727/figures/414727.fig.003b.svgz" name="414727.fig.003b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Error surface</td></tr></table>

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Figure 3: A Directly Numerical Algorithm for a Backward Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation Based on the Finite Element Method 