Title: Fractional maximal operators on weighted variable Lebesgue spaces over the spaces of homogeneous type

Abstract: Let $(X,d,\mu)$ is a space of homogeneous type, we establish a new class of fractional-type variable weights $A_{p(\cdot), q(\cdot)}(X)$. Then, we get the new weighted strong-type and weak-type characterizations for fractional maximal operators $M_\eta$ on weighted variable Lebesgue spaces over $(X,d,\mu)$. This study generalizes the results by Cruz-Uribe-Fiorenza-Neugebauer (2012), Bernardis-Dalmasso-Pradolini (2014), Cruz-Uribe-Shukla (2018), and Cruz-Uribe-Cummings (2022).