Symbolic algebra in the analysis of bacterial populations

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 169-178

  Jemmer P ^a,b   Kratz, K ^b   Read, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial population dynamics; Chemical kinetics; Computer modelling; Differential equations; Rate constant; Reaction transport; Symbolic algebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033166523     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(99)00123-5     Document Type: Article

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