A numerical study of a mathematical model of pulsed immunotherapy for superficial bladder cancer

Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 441-452

  Wei, Hsiu Chuan ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Immunotherapy; Impulsive differential equation; Numerical computation

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION ANALYSIS; BIFURCATION DIAGRAM; BLADDER CANCERS; DISCRETE-TIME DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FAILURE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IMPULSIVE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DRUG THERAPY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

DISEASES;

EID: 84879501415     PISSN: 09167005     EISSN: 1868937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13160-013-0107-3     Document Type: Article

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