A model describing the growth and the size distribution of multiple metastatic tumors

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 731-767

  Devys, Anne ^a,b   Goudon, Thierry ^a,b   Lafitte, Pauline ^a,b  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behavior; McKendrick Von Foerster equation; Metastatic tumors; Relative entropy; WENO scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649086252     PISSN: 15313492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2009.12.731     Document Type: Article

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