On the approximation of the Lotka-McKendrick equation with finite life-span

DOI10.1016/S0377-0427(00)00616-6zbMath0998.65103WikidataQ60502227 ScholiaQ60502227MaRDI QIDQ5948580

Mimmo Iannelli, Fabio Augusto Milner

Publication date: 27 February 2002

Published in: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

convergence; error bounds; Crank-Nicolson scheme; characteristic method; Euler scheme; finite life-span populations; linear initial-boundary value problem; Lotka-McKendrick equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D25: Population dynamics (general)

65M06: Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M12: Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M25: Numerical aspects of the method of characteristics for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M15: Error bounds for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

35L45: Initial value problems for first-order hyperbolic systems

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