On a Boltzmann mean field model for knowledge growth

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1799-1818

  Burger, Martin ^a   Lorz, Alexander ^b,c   Wolfram, Marie Therese ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c INRIA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boltzmann type equations; Hamilton Jacobi Bellman equations; Mean field games

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MEAN FIELD THEORY;

BALANCED GROWTH PATH; BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONS; BOLTZMANN; EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; HAMILTON JACOBI BELLMAN EQUATION; MEAN FIELD GAMES; MEAN FIELD MODELING;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 84992670197     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/15M1018599     Document Type: Article

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