J. H. Pollard, Carys Mary Pollard

Mathematical Models for the Growth of Human Populations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1973 book gives an account of some of the models which have been proposed for studying the growth of human populations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9780521294423
• ISBN-10: 0521294428
• Artikelnr.: 37253537

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The life table
3. The deterministic population models of T. Malthus, A. J. Lotka, and F. R. Sharpe and A. J. Lotka
4. The deterministic theory of H. Bernadelli, P. H. Leslie and E. G. Lewis
5. Simple birth and death processes
6. The stochastic models of M. S. Bartlett and D. G. Kendall
7. The two-sex problem
8. The extinction of surnames
9. The stochastic version of Leslie's model
10. Hierarchical population models and recruitment
11. Conclusion
References
References according to chapter and section
Solutions to exercises
Australian life table (males) 1961
Author index
Subject index.