Variational principle for general diffusion problems

Applied Mathematics and Optimization

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-257

  Petrelli, Luca ^a   Tudorascu, Adrian ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Diffusion equations; Discretized gradient flow; Implicit schemes; Non homogeneous; Nonautonomous problem; Optimal mass transportation; Wasserstein distance; Weak solution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; GRADIENT METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DISCRETIZED GRADIENT FLOW; IMPLICIT SCHEMES; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; NONAUTONOMOUS PROBLEM; OPTIMAL MASS TRANSPORTATION; WASSERSTEIN DISTANCE; WEAK SOLUTION;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 10044275583     PISSN: 00954616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00245-004-0801-2     Document Type: Article

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