Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Manchester, UK
- Features a clear introduction to birth-death processes and how to calculate fixation probabilities and mean fixation times
- Considers a diverse set of applications, including evolutionary game theory and cancer dynamics
- Provides a pedagogical account of the WentzeI-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) method, which is illustrated with numerous examples
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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The background material provides an intuitive introduction to the theory and applications of stochastic population dynamics, and the use of techniques from statistical physics in their analysis. The thesis then builds on these foundations to address problems motivated by biological phenomena.
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Book Title: The Statistical Physics of Fixation and Equilibration in Individual-Based Models
Authors: Peter Ashcroft
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41213-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41212-2Published: 09 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82296-9Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41213-9Published: 29 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 164
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences, Cancer Research