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Traveling Wavefronts of a Diffusive Hematopoiesis Model with Time Delay
School of Mathematical Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
School of Mathematical Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- 1 School of Mathematical Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- 2 School of Mathematical Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
Applied Mathematics·Volume 05 (2014)·Pages 2712–2718·Published 9 October 2014·DOI10.4236/am.2014.517258
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Abstract
In this paper, a reaction-diffusion equation with discrete time delay that describes the dynamics of the blood cell production is analyzed. The existence of the traveling wave front solutions is demonstrated using the technique of upper and lower solutions and the associated monotone iteration.
KeywordsTraveling WavefrontsHematopoiesis ModelTime Delay
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