Mean action time for diffusive processes

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-141

  Landman, Kerry ^a   Mcguinness, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Applications; Diffusion; Mean Action Time; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549117918     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1173912600000092     Document Type: Review

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