The numerical analysis of random particle methods applied to Vlasov-Poisson-Fokker-Planck kinetic equations

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 291-317

  Havlak, Karl J ^a   Victory Jr , Harold Dean ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(random) particle methods; Stochastic differential equations; Vlasov Poisson Fokker Plank kinetic equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011558848     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/0733016     Document Type: Article

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