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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Discrete and Continuous Models and Applied Computational Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Discrete and Continuous Models and Applied Computational Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Discrete and Continuous Models and Applied Computational Science</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2658-4670</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2658-7149</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">51925</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2658-4670-2026-34-2-241-252</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">JUGPSJ</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Modeling and Simulation</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Математическое моделирование</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">About one method of approximate solution of the first boundary value problem for the fractional diffusion equation</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Об одном методе приближённого решения первой начально-краевой задачи для дробного уравнения диффузии</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7182-838X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zakharov</surname><given-names>Ivan I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Захаров</surname><given-names>И. И.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Lecturer of the Department of Higher Mathematics of Moscow State University of Civil Engineering</p></bio><email>kroshvanya@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3096-7784</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Aleroev</surname><given-names>Temirkhan S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Алероев</surname><given-names>Т. С.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor of the Department of Higher Mathematics of Moscow State University of Civil Engineering</p></bio><email>aleroev@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Moscow State University of Civil Engineering</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский Московский государственный строительный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-08-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>08</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>34</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 34, NO2 (2026)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 34, №2 (2026)</issue-title><fpage>241</fpage><lpage>252</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-08-20"><day>20</day><month>08</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Zakharov I.I., Aleroev T.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Захаров И.И., Алероев Т.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Zakharov I.I., Aleroev T.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Захаров И.И., Алероев Т.С.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/miph/article/view/51925">https://journals.rudn.ru/miph/article/view/51925</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Background This article focuses on a rapidly developing area of fractional calculus that describes anomalous diffusion. Since the correct form of the fractional-order equation describing anomalous diffusion - remains an open question, the authors use examples of models based on fractional diffusion equations to examine the advantages of various fractional-order equations proposed for modelling the advection-diffusion process in media with a fractal structure. Purpose This paper examines boundary value problems for the advection-diffusion equation with Caputo and Riemann-Liouville fractional operators. Given that many authors consider in their work models with fractional-order operators obtained simply by replacing ordinary derivatives with fractional ones, the authors of this paper consider it necessary to compare fractional differential equations with various operators. We also note that one of the aims of this work is to construct an effective approximate method for solving the first initial-boundary value problem for a homogeneous fractional differential equation. Method A fractional calculus approach is used. The approximate method under consideration is based on the analytical method of separation of variables (the Fourier method). The proposed approximate method and all the necessary calculations are implemented using the Matlab programming language. Results Approximate solutions have been obtained for boundary value problems for the advection-diffusion equation with fractional operators of Caputo and Riemann-Liouville. The solutions obtained have been compared both with one another and with the classical model based on ordinary derivatives. Conclusions Based on the results obtained, the authors recommend using an equation containing the Riemann-Liouville fractional operator to model anomalous diffusion processes.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Предпосылки Статья посвящена активно развивающемуся в настоящее время разделу дробного исчисления, описывающего аномальную диффузию. Так как корректная форма уравнения дробного порядка, описывающего аномальную диффузию, - вопрос до сих пор открытый, то авторы на примерах моделей, основанных на уравнениях дробной диффузии, рассматривают преимущества того или иного уравнения дробного порядка, представленных для моделирования процесса адвекции-диффузии в средах с фрактальной структурой. Цель В работе рассматриваются краевые задачи для уравнения адвекции-диффузии с дробными операторами Капуто и Римана-Лиувилля. Учитывая, что многие авторы рассматривают в своих работах модели с операторами дробного порядка, полученные простой заменой обыкновенных производных на дробные, то авторы работы считают необходимым сравнение дробно дифференциальных уравнений с различными операторами. Так же отметим, что одной из целей работы является построение эффективного приближённого метода решения первой начально-краевой задачи для однородного дробно-дифференциального уравнения. Методы Используется аппарат дробного исчисления. В основе рассматриваемого приближённого метода лежит аналитический метод разделения переменных (Метод Фурье). Реализация предложенного приближённого метода и все необходимые вычисления выполняются на языке программирования Matlab. Результаты Получены приближённые решения краевых задач для уравнения адвекции-диффузии с дробными операторами Капуто и Римана-Лиувилля. Произведено сравнение полученных решений как между собой, так и с классической моделью, основанной на обыкновенных производных. Выводы На основе полученных результатов для моделирования процессов аномальной диффузии, авторами рекомендуется использовать уравнение, содержащее дробный оператор Римана-Лиувилля.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>approximate calculus</kwd><kwd>fractional calculus</kwd><kwd>fractional advection-diffusion equation</kwd><kwd>fractional Riemann-Liouville derivative</kwd><kwd>fractional Caputo derivative</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>приближённые вычисления</kwd><kwd>дробное исчисление</kwd><kwd>дробное уравнение адвекции-диффузии</kwd><kwd>дробная производная Римана-Лиувилля</kwd><kwd>дробная производная Капуто</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>R. Gorenflo and F. Mainardi, “Fractional Calculus: Integral and Differential Equations of Fractional Order,” in Fractals and Fractional Calculus in Continuum Mechanics, A. Carpinteri and F. 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