A numerical study on the estimation of the stable size distribution for a cell population balance model

Abstract

The presence of a steady-state distribution is an important issue in the modelization of cell populations. In this paper,we analyse, froma numerical point of view, the approach to the stable size distribution for a size-structured balance model with an asymmetric division rate. To this end, we introduce a second-order numerical method on the basis of the integration along the characteristic curves over the natural grid. We validate the interest of the scheme by means of a detailed analysis of convergence.