Generalized random walk algorithm for the numerical modeling of complex diffusion processes

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 527-544

  Vamoş, Cǎlin ^a   Suciu, Nicolae ^a   Vereecken, Harry ^b  

^a ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Diffusion; Groundwater; Random walk

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BERNOULLI; COMPLEX DIFFUSIONS; COMPUTING TIME; CONTAMINANTS TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION PROCESS; GENERALIZED RANDOM WALKS; GRID NODE; RANDOM WALK; RANDOM WALK ALGORITHMS; SIMPLE++;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 0037431164     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(03)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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