Modeling and Computational Methods for Kinetic Equations

In recent years kinetic theory has developed in many areas of the physical sciences and engineering, and has extended the borders of its traditional fields of application. New applications in traffic flow engineering, granular media modeling, and polymer and phase transition physics have resulted in new numerical algorithms which depart from traditional shastic Monte—Carlo methods.

This monograph is a self-contained presentation of such recently developed aspects of kinetic theory, as well...