Discretization of Semiconductor Device Problems (II)

Handbook of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages 443-522

  Anile, A M ^a   Nikiforakis, N ^b   Romano, V ^a   Russo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34447503986     PISSN: 15708659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-8659(04)13005-6     Document Type: Review

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