Analysis of a reaction-diffusion system modeling man-environment-man epidemics

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 327-346

  Capasso, V ^a   Wilson, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Qualitative properties of solutions; Reaction diffusion systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIRICHLET BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MAN ENVIRONMENT MAN EPIDEMICS; REACTION DIFFUSION SYSTEMS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031117716     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036139995284681     Document Type: Article

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