Coupled mesoscopic and microscopic simulation of stochastic reaction-diffusion processes in mixed dimensions

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 585-611

  Hellander, Andreas ^a   Hellander, Stefan ^a   Lötstedt, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemical reaction; Diffusion; Mesoscale; Multiscale model; Single molecule; Stochastic simulation; URDME

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE; MULTISCALE MODELS; SINGLE MOLECULE; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; URDME;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIFFUSION; PHOSPHORYLATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84865694440     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/110832148     Document Type: Article

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