Metastability for random perturbations of nearly-Hamiltonian systems

Stochastics and Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Athreya, Avanti ^a   Freidlin, Mark ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Averaging principle; Large deviations; Metastability

Indexed keywords

EID: 44049083592     PISSN: 02194937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219493708002172     Document Type: Article

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