“…We know that the backward problem of the time-fractional parabolic equation (0 < α < 1, β = 2) has been studied by many researchers, and some meaningful regularization methods have been presented and used to overcome the ill-posedness-for instance, the quasi-reversible method [13,14], total variation method [15], iterative fractional Tikhonov method [16], projection method [17], truncation method [18], simplified Tikhonov method [19], and fractional Tikhonov method [20]. For the backward problem of the space-fractional parabolic equation (α = 1, 1 < β < 2), there also have been some research works in which some regularization methods have been developed, such as the convolution and spectral methods [21], iteration method [22], simplified Tikhonov method [23], the logarithmic, negative exponential and fractional Tikhonov methods [24][25][26], optimal method [27], modified kernel method [28], and generalized Tikhonov method [29].…”