Numerical modeling of oxygen diffusion in cells with Michaelis-Menten uptake kinetics

Journal of Mathematical Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-158

  Lima, Pedro M ^a   Morgado, Luisa ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Finite difference method; m Laplacian; Shooting method; Singular boundary value problem; Singular Cauchy problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953539680     PISSN: 02599791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10910-009-9646-x     Document Type: Article

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