Optimal homotopy asymptotic method for solving several models of first order fuzzy fractional IVPs

Abstract

In this work, the Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method (OHAM) is prolifically implemented to find the optimal solutions of fractional order of fuzzy differential equations. We inspect the competence of the method by examining fractional order time-dependent first order fuzzy initial value problems in the Caputo derivative sense. The concepts of fuzzy sets theory and fractional calculus were used to present a new general fuzzification formulation of the OHAM method followed by fuzzy analysis for the proposed fractional problems are presented in detail. OHAM is recognized as a feasible and convergent method for solving linear and nonlinear models, and it provides a convenient technique for controlling the convergence of approximate solutions optimally. The method's capability is demonstrated by obtaining approximate solutions to linear and nonlinear fuzzy initial value problems in various orders of fractional derivative. The numerical results acknowledge that OHAM is a feasible and transformation mechanism for solving linear and nonlinear fuzzy fractional initial value problems. Also, the results ensure that the method used was succinct, efficient, and simple to use, to deal with a more comprehensive fuzzy fractional differential equation.

Keywords

• Optimal homotopy asymptotic method (OHAM)
• Caputo derivative
• Fuzzy fractional differential equations
• Approximate perturbation method