Stochastic particle approximations for Smoluchoski's coagulation equation

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1137-1165

  Eibeck, Andreas ^a   Wagner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coagulation equation; Gelation phenomena; Stochastic particle method; Variance reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035497815     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aoap/1015345398     Document Type: Article

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