On the use of random walk models with spatially variable diffusivity
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On the use of random walk models with spatially variable diffusivity
zbMATH Open document ID: 0777.65080
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(83)71114-9
author: J. R. Hunter
author: P. D. Craig
author: H. E. Phillips
published in: Journal of Computational Physics
publication date: 1993-08-11T00:00:00Z
review text: The random walk technique is used to simulate the following diffusion equation \(\partial c/\partial t=(\partial/\partial x)\) \((K(\partial c/\partial x))\). Especially the selection of the random number generator, the time step and the total number of particles are discussed.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65C99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65C10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60J60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60G50
zbMATH DE Number: 203238
zbMATH Keywords: random walk
zbMATH Keywords: diffusion equation
zbMATH Keywords: random number generator
reviewed by: Wilfried Grecksch
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: s0021-9991(83)71114-9
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 203238