Oscillation in a discrete partial delay Nicholson's blowflies model

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 1021-1026

  Saker, S H ^a,c   Zhang, B G ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Discrete partial Nicholson's blowflies model; Oscillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037195987     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(02)00255-8     Document Type: Article

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