Karapınar, ErdalAbdeljawad, ThabetKarapinar, ErdalTas, KenanMathematics2024-07-052024-07-052012770898-12211873-766810.1016/j.camwa.2011.11.0352-s2.0-84855815954https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2011.11.035https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/1372KARAPINAR, ERDAL/0000-0002-6798-3254; Tas, Kenan/0000-0001-8173-453X; Abdeljawad, Thabet/0000-0002-8889-3768Partial metric spaces were introduced by Matthews in 1994 as a part of the study of denotational semantics of data flow networks. In this article, we prove a generalized contraction principle with control functions phi and psi on partial metric spaces. The theorems we prove generalize many previously obtained results. We also give some examples showing that our theorems are indeed proper extensions. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPartial metric spaceFixed pointGeneralized contraction principleControl functionsArticleQ1633716719WOS:000300756500013