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Free boundary problems associated with biological tissue growing under conditions of nutrient limitation are formulated. Analysis by linear-stability methods, clarifying the models’ stability properties, is then described.
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King, J., Franks, S. (2007). Stability Properties of Some Tissue-Growth Models. In: Deutsch, A., Brusch, L., Byrne, H., Vries, G.d., Herzel, H. (eds) Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Volume I. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4558-8_15
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