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For degenerate nonlinear convection-diffusion equations of the form \[ \partial _t b(u) + \text{div}(F(t,x,u) - k(t,x,u) \nabla u) = f(t,x,u) \] in \( (0,T) \times \Omega \), \(\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N \), a mixed boundary-initial value problem is considered for a finite time interval, with constraints that encompass application to many practical environments, including porous-media type flows and Navier-Stokes equations. Relaxation techniques are coupled to the method of characteristics, fixed-point iterations being used to deal with the implicit aspect of the scheme. Convergence properties are proven and numerical experiment results are presented. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0923.00019].