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March 1995 Branching processes as population dynamics
Peter Jagers
Bernoulli 1(1-2): 191-200 (March 1995).

Abstract

Branching processes were once born out of a question from (human) population dynamics. Lately the driving forces have been, and continue to be, more of pure mathematical nature. Nevertheless, the resulting theory turns out to solve many classical problems from general, usually deterministic, population dynamics. These will be reviewed, with an emphasis on basic structure and on problems of the rate of population growth and the ensuing population composition. Special attention will be paid to possible interaction between individuals, or between the environment or population as a whole and individual reproduction behaviour. But the framework will remain the general model without explicit special assumptions about the form of interactions, lifespan distribution or reproduction.

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Peter Jagers. "Branching processes as population dynamics." Bernoulli 1 (1-2) 191 - 200, March 1995.

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Published: March 1995
First available in Project Euclid: 2 August 2007

zbMATH: 0837.92018
MathSciNet: MR1354461

Keywords: branching processes , Dependence , Population dynamics , renewal theory

Rights: Copyright © 1995 Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability

Vol.1 • No. 1-2 • March 1995
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