A comparison of homogenization and large deviations, with applications to wavefront propagation

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-52

  Freidlin, Mark I ^a   Sowers, Richard B ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

35B40; 35K57; 60F10; Homogenization; Huygen's principle; KPP equations; Large deviations; Minkowski geometry; Primary 35B27; Reaction diffusion equations; Secondary 35K40; Wavefront propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042636802     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4149(99)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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