We propose two stable and one conditionally stable finite difference schemes
of second-order in both time and space for the time-fractional diffusion-wave
equation. In the first scheme, we apply the fractional trapezoidal rule in time
and the central difference in space. We use the generalized Newton-Gregory
formula in time for the second scheme and its modification for the third
scheme. While the second scheme is conditionally stable, the first and the
third schemes are stable. We apply the methodology to the considered equation
with also linear advection-reaction terms and also obtain second-order schemes
both in time and space. Numerical examples with comparisons among the proposed
schemes and the existing ones verify the theoretical analysis and show that the
present schemes exhibit better performances than the known ones
