Probabilistic Interpretation and Numerical Approximation of a Kac Equation without Cutoff

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-135

  Desvillettes, Laurent ^a   Graham, Carl ^b   Méléard, Sylvie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Kac equation without cutoff; Nonlinear stochastic differential equation* Stochastic particle system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033228811     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4149(99)00056-3     Document Type: Article

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