A general probabilistic model of the PCR process

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 232-243

  Saha, Nilanjan ^a   Watson, Layne T ^b   Kafadar, Karen ^c   Onufriev, Alexey ^a   Ramakrishnan, Naren ^a   Vasquez Robinet, Cecilia ^b   Watkinson, Jonathan ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

PCR modeling; Probabilistic model; Recursive solution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REACTION KINETICS;

PCR MODELING; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; RECURSIVE SOLUTION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750836499     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2006.01.092     Document Type: Article

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