Logistic equations in tumour growth modelling

The aim of this paper is to present some approaches to tumour growth modelling using the logistic equation. As a first approach a well-known ordinary differential equation is used to model the Ehrlich ascities tumour in mice. For the same kind of tumour, a logistic equation with time delay is also u...

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1. Verfasser: Marciniak-Czochra, Anna (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2003
In: Applied mathematics and computer science
Year: 2003, Jahrgang: 13, Heft: 3, Pages: 317-325
ISSN:0867-857X
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Verfasserangaben:Anna Marciniak-Czochra
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this paper is to present some approaches to tumour growth modelling using the logistic equation. As a first approach a well-known ordinary differential equation is used to model the Ehrlich ascities tumour in mice. For the same kind of tumour, a logistic equation with time delay is also used. As the second approach, a logistic equation with diffusion is proposed. In this case a delay argument in the reaction term is also considered. Some mathematical properties of the presented models are studied in the paper. The results are illustrated using computer simulations.
ISSN:0867-857X