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An age-dependent stochastic model of population growth

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A stochastic model of population growth is treated using the Bellman-Harris theory of agedependent stochastic branching processes. The probability distribution for the population size at any time and the expectation are obtained when it is assumed that there is probability (1−σ), 0≤σ<1, of the organism dividing into two at the end of its lifetime, and probability σ that division will not take place.

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  1. Committee on Mathematical Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    A. T. Reid

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Reid, A.T. An age-dependent stochastic model of population growth. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 15, 361–365 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476409

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