Abstract
In this article, a numerical study is introduced for solving the fractional wave equations by using an efficient class of finite difference methods. The proposed scheme is based on the Hermite formula. The stability and the convergence analysis of the proposed methods are given by a recently proposed procedure similar to the standard von Neumann stability analysis. A simple and accurate stability criterion valid for different discretization schemes of the fractional derivative, arbitrary weight factor, and arbitrary order of the fractional derivative, are given and checked numerically. Finally, a numerical example is presented to confirm the theoretical results.