Discretization of Semiconductor Device Problems (I)

Handbook of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages 317-441

  Brezzi, F ^a,b   Marini, L D ^a,b   Micheletti, S ^c   Pietra, P ^b   Sacco, R ^c   Wang, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 58649117223     PISSN: 15708659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-8659(04)13004-4     Document Type: Review

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