Nonstandard finite difference schemes for reaction-diffusion equations

Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-214

  Mickens, Ronald E ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonstandard finite difference schemes; Numerical instabilities; Positivity; Reaction diffusion equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000739387     PISSN: 0749159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2426(199903)15:2<201::AID-NUM5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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