A general framework for consistent estimation of charge transport properties via random walks in random environments

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1108-1134

  Stenzel, Ole ^a   Hirsch, Christian ^a   Breretron, Tim ^a   Baumeier, Bjoern ^b   Andrienko, Denis ^b   Kroese, Dirk ^c   Schmidt, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consistency; Estimation; Graph theoretic decomposition; Hole transport; Markov chain; Mobility; Monte Carlo; Nearly completely decomposable; Organic semiconductor; Random environment; Random walk; Segmentation; Spatial graph; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; DIRECTED GRAPHS; ESTIMATION; GRAPH THEORY; HOLE MOBILITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY;

CONSISTENCY; GRAPH-THEORETIC; HOLE TRANSPORTS; NEARLY COMPLETELY DECOMPOSABLE; RANDOM ENVIRONMENT; RANDOM WALK; SPATIAL GRAPHS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84907930415     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/130942504     Document Type: Article

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