What is a solution to the recurrence relation $f(n) = f(n-1) +f\Big(\left\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \right\rfloor\Big)$?

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Let $\mathbb{N}=\{1,2,3,\ldots\}$. Find a closed form or an asymptotic form of $f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$, where $f$ satisfies $f(1) = 1$ and $$f(n) = f(n-1) + f\bigg(\left\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \right\rfloor\bigg)\,.$$

What is a closed-form solution to this recurrence relation?

Neither the Master theorem, nor its generalization, the Akra-Bazzi method, seem to be applicable.