KPP fronts in a one-dimensional random drift

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 421-442

  Nolen, James ^a   Xin, Jack ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fronts; KPP; Large deviations; Random drift

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949108332     PISSN: 15313492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2009.11.421     Document Type: Article

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