A structure-preserving numerical discretization of reversible diffusions

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1051-1072

  Latorre, Juan C ^a   Metzner, Philipp ^a   Hartman, Carsten ^a   Schütte, Christof ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coarse graining; Detailed balance; Finite volume method; Reversible diffusions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961242531     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/cms.2011.v9.n4.a6     Document Type: Article

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