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Existence of a critical allometry model parameter and its asymptotic expression

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In this paper, we provide an interval of existence of critical mortality rate parameters M r and b and their asymptotic expressions in allometry survival model, in the absence of age-specific mortality data.

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Pitchaimani, M. Existence of a critical allometry model parameter and its asymptotic expression. J. Appl. Math. Comput. 41, 133–152 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12190-012-0599-z

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