Discrete random walk models for symmetric Levy-Feller diffusion processes

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-89

  Gorenflo, Rudolf ^a   Fabritiis, Gianni De ^b   Mainardi, Francesco ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CINECA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DISCRETE RANDOM WALK MODELS; LEVY-FELLER DIFFUSION PROCESSES;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0032647143     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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