Modeling 2D and 3D diffusion

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 400, Issue , 2007, Pages 295-321

  Saxton, Michael J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; Diffusion; Event driven algorithm; Monte Carlo; n fold way; Random number generation; Random walk

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; METABOLISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

ALGORITHMS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 36549074600     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-519-9:295     Document Type: Article

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