A system of reaction diffusion equations arising in the theory of reinforced random walks

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 683-730

  Levine, Howard A ^a   Sleeman, Brian D ^b,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Reaction diffusion systems; Reinforced random walks

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHEMOTAXIS; REACTION DIFFUSION SYSTEMS; REINFORCED RANDOM WALKS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 0031162898     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036139995291106     Document Type: Article

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