Aggregative movement and front propagation for bi-stable population models

Journal article

Front propagation for the aggregation-diffusion-reaction equation v τ = [D(v)vx]x + f(v) is investigated, where f is a bi-stable reaction-term and D(v) is a diffusion coefficient with changing sign, modeling aggregating-diffusing processes. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of traveling wave solutions and classify them according to how or if they attain their equilibria at finite times. We also show that the dynamics can exhibit the phenomena of finite speed of propagation and/or finite speed of saturation. © World Scientific Publishing Company.

Authors: Maini, P; Malaguti, L; Marcelli, C; Matucci, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: MATHEMATICAL MODELS and METHODS IN APPLIED SCIENCES
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 1351-1368
• Publication date: 2007-09-01
• DOI: 10.1142/S0218202507002303
• EISSN: 1793-6314
• ISSN: 0218-2025
• Language: English
• Keywords: diffusion-aggregation models; traveling wave solutions; population dynamics; finite speed of propagation