Analysis of a moving boundary value problem arising in biofilm modelling

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1835-1859

  Szomolay, Barbara ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global existence; Mathematical biology; Steady state

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS;

BIOFILM MODELS; GLOBAL EXISTENCE; GLOBAL EXISTENCES; MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; MOVING BOUNDARIES; NEW MODELS; PROPERTIES OF SOLUTIONS; STATE SOLUTIONS; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATES; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS;

BIOFILTERS;

EID: 55149104611     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: 10991476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mma.1000     Document Type: Article

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