Traveling wave fronts of reaction-diffusion systems with delay

Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 651-687

  Wu, Jianhong ^a   Zou, Xingfu ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monotone iteration; Nonquasimonotonicity; Nonstandard ordering; Quasimonotonicity; Reaction diffusion systems with delay; Traveling wave fronts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343717093     PISSN: 10407294     EISSN: 15729222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1016690424892     Document Type: Article

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