Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 816787, 14 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/816787
Research Article

Series Solution of the Multispecies Lotka-Volterra Equations by Means of the Homotopy Analysis Method

School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Tecnology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Received 9 May 2008; Accepted 2 July 2008

Academic Editor: Yong Zhou

Copyright © 2008 A. Sami Bataineh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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