AbstractThis paper is concerned with the existence, uniqueness and asymptotic behavior of classical solutions to two classes of models {-\triangle u\pm\lambda\frac{|\nabla u|^{2}}{u^{\beta}}=b(x)u^{-\alpha}}, {u>0}, {x\in\Omega},
{u|_{\partial\Omega}=0}, where Ω is a bounded domain with
smooth boundary in {\mathbb{R}^{N}}, {\lambda>0}, {\beta>0}, {\alpha>-1}, and {b\in C^{\nu}_{\mathrm{loc}}(\Omega)} for some {\nu\in(0,1)}, and b is positive in Ω but may be vanishing or singular on {\partial\Omega}.
Our approach is largely based on nonlinear transformations and the construction of suitable sub- and super-solutions.