A degenerate diffusion-reaction model of an amensalistic biofilm control system: Existence and simulation of solutions

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-388

  Khassehkhan, Hassan ^a   Efendiev, Messoud A ^b   Eberl, Hermann J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Degeneracy; Nonlinear diffusion; Probiotic; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349932158     PISSN: 15313492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2009.12.371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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