Title Reaction-Transport Systems : Mesoscopic Foundations, Fronts, and Spatial Instabilities Author(s) Mendez, Vicenc;Fedotov, Sergei;Horsthemke, Werner Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. Description XXI, 454 p. 109 illus : online resource Abstract Note This book is an introduction to the dynamics of reaction-diffusion systems, with a focus on fronts and stationary spatial patterns. Emphasis is on systems that are non-standard in the sense that either the transport is not simply classical diffusion (Brownian motion) or the system is not homogeneous. A important feature is the derivation of the basic phenomenological equations from the mesoscopic system properties. Topics addressed include transport with inertia, described by persistent random walks and hyperbolic reaction-transport equations and transport by anomalous diffusion, in particular subdiffusion, where the mean square displacement grows sublinearly with time. In particular reaction-diffusion systems are studied where the medium is in turn either spatially inhomogeneous, compositionally heterogeneous or spatially discrete. Applications span a vast range of interdisciplinary fields and the systems considered can be as different as human or animal groups migrating under external influences, population ecology and evolution, complex chemical reactions, or networks of biological cells. Several chapters treat these applications in detail ISBN,Price 9783642114434 Keyword(s) 1. Applied and Technical Physics 2. BIOMATHEMATICS 3. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 4. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 5. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 6. EBOOK 7. EBOOK - SPRINGER 8. Ecology?? 9. Genetics and Population Dynamics 10. Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering 11. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 12. PHYSICS 13. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 14. Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I07157     On Shelf