Regularization of backward time-fractional parabolic equations by Sobolev-type equations

The problem of determining the initial condition from noisy final observations in time-fractional parabolic equations is considered. This problem is well known to be ill-posed, and it is regularized by backward Sobolev-type equations. Error estimates of Hölder type are obtained with a priori and a posteriori regularization parameter choice rules. The proposed regularization method results in a stable noniterative numerical scheme. The theoretical error estimates are confirmed by numerical tests for one- and two-dimensional equations.