A positive numerical scheme for a mixed-type partial differential equation model for fungal growth

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 321-340

  Boswell, Graeme P ^a   Jacobs, Helen ^a   Davidson, Fordyce A ^a   Gadd, Geoffrey M ^a   Ritz, Karl ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux limiters; Fungi; Mass conservation; Positivity; Rhizoctonia solani; Splitting methods

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EXTRAPOLATION; FUNCTIONS; FUNGI; INTEGRATION; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; SUBSTRATES;

MASS CONSERVATION;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0037457730     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-3003(02)00121-2     Document Type: Article

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