A constructive approach to traveling waves in chemotaxis

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Horstmann, D ^a   Stevens, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

chemotaxis; Keller Segel model; traveling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867943821     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: 14321467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00332-003-0548-y     Document Type: Article

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