Monotone iterative methods for the adaptive finite element solution of semiconductor equations

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 341-364

  Chen, R C ^a   Liu, Jinn Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive finite element; Drift diffusion model; Monotone iteration

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STIFFNESS;

MONOTONE ITERATIVE METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0141638677     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(03)00538-7     Document Type: Article

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