Numerical methods for the estimation of effective diffusion coefficients of 2D controlled drug delivery systems

Optimization and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 611-626

  Wang, Song ^a   Lou, Xia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Controlled drug release; Diffusion equation; Effective diffusion coefficients; Finite volume method; Optimization; Optimum design; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DIFFUSION EQUATION; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; FINITE VOLUME; OPTIMUM DESIGNS;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DIFFUSION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 78649903259     PISSN: 13894420     EISSN: 15732924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11081-008-9069-8     Document Type: Article

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