Application of the queueing theory with Monte Carlo simulation to inhalation toxicology

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 330-335

  Wu, Guang ^a,b  

^a PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Inhalation toxicology; Mathematical modelling; Monte Carlo simulation; Queueing theory

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORY; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SMOKING; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYSTEMS THEORY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0031841055     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050510     Document Type: Article

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