Source: J. Appl. Probab. Volume 49, Number 2
(2012), 472-481.
Many natural populations are well modelled through time-inhomogeneous
stochastic processes. Such processes have been analysed in the physical
sciences using a method based on Lie algebras, but this methodology is not
widely used for models with ecological, medical, and social applications. In
this paper we present the Lie algebraic method, and apply it to three
biologically well-motivated examples. The result of this is a solution form
that is often highly computationally advantageous.
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