Perron Theorem in the monotone iteration method for traveling waves in delayed reaction-diffusion equations

In this paper we revisit the existence of traveling waves for delayed reaction-diffusion equations by the monotone iteration method. We show that Perron Theorem on existence of bounded solution provides a rigorous and constructive framework to find traveling wave solutions of reaction-diffusion systems with time delay. The method is tried out on two classical examples with delay: the predator-prey and Belousov-Zhabotinskii models. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.