Abstract
In this paper, we shall present the development of two explicit group schemes, namely, fractional explicit group (FEG) and modified fractional explicit group (MFEG) methods for solving the time fractional mobile/immobile equation in two space dimensions. The presented methods are formulated based on two Crank-Nicolson (C-N) finite difference schemes established at two different grid spacings. The stability and convergence of order O(τ2−α+h2)O(τ2-α+h2)<math><mrow><mi>O</mi> <mo>(</mo> <msup><mi>τ</mi> <mrow><mn>2</mn> <mo>-</mo> <mi>α</mi></mrow> </msup> <mo>+</mo> <msup><mi>h</mi> <mn>2</mn></msup> <mo>)</mo></mrow> </math> are rigorously proven using Fourier analysis. Several numerical experiments are conducted to verify the efficiency of the proposed methods. Meanwhile, numerical results show that the FEG and MFEG algorithms are able to reduce the computational times and iterations effectively while preserving good accuracy in comparison to the C-N finite difference method.