Mathematical Modeling
Vol. 2 (2018), Issue 4, pg(s) 153-155

On a mathematical model of land-use change

  • 1 Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences – South West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Abstract

The paper is devoted to a mathematical model of land-use change proposed by Dobson et. al. We formulate and investigate some quantitative properties of the corresponding Cauchy problem. We construct a numerical algorithm for approximate solution of the problem and present some of the numerical results. Their meaning is explained and discussed.

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