ODE-solvers for a Stiff System Arising in the Modeling of the Electrical Activity of the Heart

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-80

  Sundnes, Joakim ^a   Terje Lines, Glenn ^a   Tveito, Aslak ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computational efficiency; Heart cell model; Stiff ODE systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142200481     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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