Stochastic modeling with Monte Carlo of obesity population

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-108

  GonzÁlez Parra, Gilberto ^a   Arenas, Abraham J ^b   Santonja, F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Euler Maruyama; Monte Carlo Method; Obesity; Stochastic Differential Equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951697793     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339010003159     Document Type: Article

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