Einstein's field equations with a variable speed of light c = c(t), gravita
tional coupling G = G(t) and decaying vacuum energy density Lambda = Lambda
(t) are considered as describing matter creation in a cosmological framewor
k. The particle creation rate is uniquely determined by the variation rates
of c, G and Lambda. By considering simple phenomenological evolution laws
for the 'constants', exact analytical and numerical solutions of the gravit
ational field equations are obtained for a homogeneous and isotropic Friedm
ann-Robertson-Walker spacetime leading to a self-consistent cosmological mo
del describing matter and entropy generation in the very early Universe.