Numerical method for the nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 56, Issue 1 SUPPL. B, 1997, Pages 1197-1206

  Zhang, D S ^a   Wei, G W ^a   Kouri, D J ^a   Hoffman, D K ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

DISTRIBUTED APPROXIMATING FUNCTIONALS; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATIONS; TRANSIENT BIMODALITY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0031190076     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.56.1197     Document Type: Article

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