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Article
Publication date: 17 July 2023

Umer Saeed

The purpose of the present work is to introduce a wavelet method for the solution of linear and nonlinear psi-Caputo fractional initial and boundary value problem.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of the present work is to introduce a wavelet method for the solution of linear and nonlinear psi-Caputo fractional initial and boundary value problem.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors have introduced the new generalized operational matrices for the psi-CAS (Cosine and Sine) wavelets, and these matrices are successfully utilized for the solution of linear and nonlinear psi-Caputo fractional initial and boundary value problem. For the nonlinear problems, the authors merge the present method with the quasilinearization technique.

Findings

The authors have drived the orthogonality condition for the psi-CAS wavelets. The authors have derived and constructed the psi-CAS wavelets matrix, psi-CAS wavelets operational matrix of psi-fractional order integral and psi-CAS wavelets operational matrix of psi-fractional order integration for psi-fractional boundary value problem. These matrices are successfully utilized for the solutions of psi-Caputo fractional differential equations. The purpose of these operational matrices is to make the calculations faster. Furthermore, the authors have derived the convergence analysis of the method. The procedure of implementation for the proposed method is also given. For the accuracy and applicability of the method, the authors implemented the method on some linear and nonlinear psi-Caputo fractional initial and boundary value problems and compare the obtained results with exact solutions.

Originality/value

Since psi-Caputo fractional differential equation is a new and emerging field, many engineers can utilize the present technique for the numerical simulations of their linear/non-linear psi-Caputo fractional differential models. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the present work has never been introduced and implemented for psi-Caputo fractional differential equations.

Details

Engineering Computations, vol. 40 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Article
Publication date: 30 June 2021

Umer Saeed

The purpose of the present work is to propose a wavelet method for the numerical solutions of Caputo–Hadamard fractional differential equations on any arbitrary interval.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of the present work is to propose a wavelet method for the numerical solutions of Caputo–Hadamard fractional differential equations on any arbitrary interval.

Design/methodology/approach

The author has modified the CAS wavelets (mCAS) and utilized it for the solution of Caputo–Hadamard fractional linear/nonlinear initial and boundary value problems. The author has derived and constructed the new operational matrices for the mCAS wavelets. Furthermore, The author has also proposed a method which is the combination of mCAS wavelets and quasilinearization technique for the solution of nonlinear Caputo–Hadamard fractional differential equations.

Findings

The author has proved the orthonormality of the mCAS wavelets. The author has constructed the mCAS wavelets matrix, mCAS wavelets operational matrix of Hadamard fractional integration of arbitrary order and mCAS wavelets operational matrix of Hadamard fractional integration for Caputo–Hadamard fractional boundary value problems. These operational matrices are used to make the calculations fast. Furthermore, the author works out on the error analysis for the method. The author presented the procedure of implementation for both Caputo–Hadamard fractional initial and boundary value problems. Numerical simulation is provided to illustrate the reliability and accuracy of the method.

Originality/value

Many scientist, physician and engineers can take the benefit of the presented method for the simulation of their linear/nonlinear Caputo–Hadamard fractional differential models. To the best of the author’s knowledge, the present work has never been proposed and implemented for linear/nonlinear Caputo–Hadamard fractional differential equations.

Article
Publication date: 29 September 2022

Shafaq Idrees and Umer Saeed

In this article, the authors aims to introduce a novel Vieta–Lucas wavelets method by generalizing the Vieta–Lucas polynomials for the numerical solutions of fractional linear and…

Abstract

Purpose

In this article, the authors aims to introduce a novel Vieta–Lucas wavelets method by generalizing the Vieta–Lucas polynomials for the numerical solutions of fractional linear and non-linear delay differential equations on semi-infinite interval.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors have worked on the development of the operational matrices for the Vieta–Lucas wavelets and their Riemann–Liouville fractional integral, and these matrices are successfully utilized for the solution of fractional linear and non-linear delay differential equations on semi-infinite interval. The method which authors have introduced in the current paper utilizes the operational matrices of Vieta–Lucas wavelets to converts the fractional delay differential equations (FDDEs) into a system of algebraic equations. For non-linear FDDE, the authors utilize the quasilinearization technique in conjunction with the Vieta–Lucas wavelets method.

Findings

The purpose of utilizing the new operational matrices is to make the method more efficient, because the operational matrices contains many zero entries. Authors have worked out on both error and convergence analysis of the present method. Procedure of implementation for FDDE is also provided. Furthermore, numerical simulations are provided to illustrate the reliability and accuracy of the method.

Originality/value

Many engineers or scientist can utilize the present method for solving their ordinary or Caputo–fractional differential models. To the best of authors’ knowledge, the present work has not been used or introduced for the considered type of differential equations.

Article
Publication date: 12 August 2020

Amjid Ali, Teruya Minamoto, Umer Saeed and Mujeeb Ur Rehman

The purpose of this paper is to obtain a numerical scheme for finding numerical solutions of linear and nonlinear fractional differential equations involving ψ-Caputo derivative.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to obtain a numerical scheme for finding numerical solutions of linear and nonlinear fractional differential equations involving ψ-Caputo derivative.

Design/methodology/approach

An operational matrix to find numerical approximation of ψ-fractional differential equations (FDEs) is derived. This study extends the method to nonlinear FDEs by using quasi linearization technique to linearize the nonlinear problems.

Findings

The error analysis of the proposed method is discussed in-depth. Accuracy and efficiency of the method are verified through numerical examples.

Research limitations/implications

The method is simple and a good mathematical tool for finding solutions of nonlinear ψ-FDEs. The operational matrix approach offers less computational complexity.

Originality/value

Engineers and applied scientists may use the present method for solving fractional models appearing in applications.

Article
Publication date: 8 January 2020

Muhammad Ismail, Mujeeb ur Rehman and Umer Saeed

The purpose of this study is to obtain the numerical scheme of finding the numerical solutions of arbitrary order partial differential equations subject to the initial and…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to obtain the numerical scheme of finding the numerical solutions of arbitrary order partial differential equations subject to the initial and boundary conditions.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors present a novel Green-Haar approach for the family of fractional partial differential equations. The method comprises a combination of Haar wavelet method with the Green function. To handle the nonlinear fractional partial differential equations the authors use Picard technique along with Green-Haar method.

Findings

The results for some numerical examples are documented in tabular and graphical form to elaborate on the efficiency and precision of the suggested method. The obtained results by proposed method are compared with the Haar wavelet method. The method is better than the conventional Haar wavelet method, for the tested problems, in terms of accuracy. Moreover, for the convergence of the proposed technique, inequality is derived in the context of error analysis.

Practical implications

The authors present numerical solutions for nonlinear Burger’s partial differential equations and two-term partial differential equations.

Originality/value

Engineers and applied scientists may use the present method for solving fractional models appearing in applications.

Details

Engineering Computations, vol. 37 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Article
Publication date: 12 October 2018

Umer Saeed, Mujeeb ur Rehman and Qamar Din

The purpose of this paper is to propose a method for solving nonlinear fractional partial differential equations on the semi-infinite domain and to get better and more accurate…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to propose a method for solving nonlinear fractional partial differential equations on the semi-infinite domain and to get better and more accurate results.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors proposed a method by using the Chebyshev wavelets in conjunction with differential quadrature technique. The operational matrices for the method are derived, constructed and used for the solution of nonlinear fractional partial differential equations.

Findings

The operational matrices contain many zero entries, which lead to the high efficiency of the method and reasonable accuracy is achieved even with less number of grid points. The results are in good agreement with exact solutions and more accurate as compared to Haar wavelet method.

Originality/value

Many engineers can use the presented method for solving their nonlinear fractional models.

Article
Publication date: 29 July 2019

Umer Saeed and Muhammad Umair

The purpose of the paper is to extend the differential quadrature method (DQM) for solving time and space fractional non-linear partial differential equations on a semi-infinite…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of the paper is to extend the differential quadrature method (DQM) for solving time and space fractional non-linear partial differential equations on a semi-infinite domain.

Design/methodology/approach

The proposed method is the combination of the Legendre polynomials and differential quadrature method. The authors derived and constructed the new operational matrices for the fractional derivatives, which are used for the solutions of non-linear time and space fractional partial differential equations.

Findings

The fractional derivative of Lagrange polynomial is a big hurdle in classical DQM. To overcome this problem, the authors represent the Lagrange polynomial in terms of shifted Legendre polynomial. They construct a transformation matrix which transforms the Lagrange polynomial into shifted Legendre polynomial of arbitrary order. Then, they obtain the new weighting coefficients matrices for space fractional derivatives by shifted Legendre polynomials and use these in conversion of a non-linear fractional partial differential equation into a system of fractional ordinary differential equations. Convergence analysis for the proposed method is also discussed.

Originality/value

Many engineers can use the presented method for solving their time and space fractional non-linear partial differential equation models. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the differential quadrature method has never been extended or implemented for non-linear time and space fractional partial differential equations.

Article
Publication date: 18 October 2023

Mohammad Suleiman Awwad, Ahmad Nasser Abuzaid, Manaf Al-Okaily and Yazan Mohammad Alqatamin

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of organisational socialisation tactics, namely, context-based, content-based and social-based tactics, on affective…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of organisational socialisation tactics, namely, context-based, content-based and social-based tactics, on affective commitment by the mediating role of perceived organisational support.

Design/methodology/approach

A quantitative study was conducted using a judgmental sample of 119 newcomers with one-year experience or less in Jordanian small and medium-sized enterprises. The collected data were analysed using bootstrapped procedure by the partial least squares-structural equation modelling.

Findings

The empirical results show that perceived organisational support plays a crucial role in mediating the relationships between socialisation tactics and affective commitment. Specifically, both social-based tactics and content-based tactics have a significant indirect effect on affective commitment through perceived organisational support. However, context-based tactics do not directly or indirectly influence affective commitment or perceived organisational support significantly.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is among the first studies in the Jordanian context that investigate the relationship between organisational socialisation and affective commitment by the mediating role of perceived organisational support, thus adding originality to the existing literature. Furthermore, this study contributes to the scholarly debate on the relationship between socialisation and outcomes.

Details

International Journal of Organizational Analysis, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1934-8835

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Article
Publication date: 23 March 2021

Haris Aslam, Muhammad Umer Azeem, Sami Ullah Bajwa, Asher Ramish and Amer Saeed

Drawing on the “substitute for leadership” theory, this study investigates the mediating role of employee attitude between supervisory support and employee’s organisational…

Abstract

Purpose

Drawing on the “substitute for leadership” theory, this study investigates the mediating role of employee attitude between supervisory support and employee’s organisational citizenship behaviour for the environment. It also explicates the role of environmental management practices, as substitute for supervisory support in this relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

Time-lagged data (n = 235) were collected from middle- and upper-level management employees working in manufacturing and service sector organisations in Pakistan. Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modelling and regression analysis.

Findings

The findings reveal that supervisory support enhances employee attitudes towards pro-environmental behaviour, which in turn increases employees’ tendency to involve in organisational citizenship behaviour for the environment. However, the formal environmental management practices of the organisation serve as a substitute for the supervisory support because, if such formal practices are followed, the role of supervisory support becomes less significant.

Originality/value

This study is the maiden attempt to apply the “substitute for leadership” theory to the study of organisation citizenship behaviour for the environment. Moreover, it adds to the largely overlooked dimension of the research area concerning the inter-relationships between employees’, supervisory and organisational level antecedents of organisational citizenship behaviour for the environment.

Article
Publication date: 26 December 2023

Dephanie Cheok Ieng Chiang, Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari, Shahnawaz Anwer, Saeed Reza Mohandes and Xiao Li

Given the growing concern about employees' well-being, numerous researchers have investigated the causes and effects of occupational stress. However, a review study on identifying…

Abstract

Purpose

Given the growing concern about employees' well-being, numerous researchers have investigated the causes and effects of occupational stress. However, a review study on identifying existing research topics and gaps is still deficient in the extant literature. To fill this gap, this review study aims to present a bibliometric and science mapping approach to review the state-of-the-art journal articles published on occupational stress in the construction industry.

Design/methodology/approach

A three-fold comprehensive review approach consisting of bibliometric review, scientometric analysis and in-depth qualitative discussion was employed to review 80 journal articles in Scopus.

Findings

Through qualitative discussions, mainstream research topics were summarized, research gaps were identified and future research directions were proposed as follows: versatile stressors and stress model; an extended subgroup of factors in safety behavior; adaptation of multiple biosensors and bio-feedbacks; evaluation and comparison of organizational stress interventions; and incorporation of artificial intelligence and smart technologies into occupational stress management in construction.

Originality/value

The findings of this review study present a well-rounded framework to identify the research gaps in this field to advance research in the academic community and enhance employees' well-being in construction.

Details

International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2398-4708

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