The Equilibrium Behavior of Reversible Coagulation-Fragmentation Processes

Journal of Theoretical Probability

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 447-474

  Durrett, Richard ^a   Granovsky, Boris L ^b   Gueron, Shay ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coagulation fragmentation processes; Interacting particle systems; Reversibility; equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033434682     PISSN: 08949840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021682212351     Document Type: Article

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