Mixed Finite Volume Methods for Semiconductor Device Simulation

Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-236

  Sacco, Riccardo ^a   Saleri, Fausto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite volumes; Mixed finite elements; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001429680     PISSN: 0749159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2426(199705)13:3<215::AID-NUM1>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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