A parallel solver for reaction-diffusion systems in computational electrocardiology

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 883-911

  Franzone, Piero Colli ^a   Pavarino, Luca F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bidomain model; Finite elements; Parallel solver; Reaction diffusion equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244242182     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202504003489     Document Type: Article

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