The method of lines for the numerical solution of a mathematical model for capillary formation: The role of tumor angiogenic factor in the extra-cellular matrix

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 891-897

  Erdem, Arzu ^a   Pamuk, Serdal ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capillary formation; Method of lines; Numerical solution; Porousity; Tumor angiogenic factor

Indexed keywords

MATLAB; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TUMORS;

CAPILLARY FORMATION; METHOD OF LINES; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS; TUMOR ANGIOGENIC FACTOR;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33947201718     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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