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Stochastic spatial processes in biology: A concise historical survey

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Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM,volume 1212)

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  • Brownian Motion
  • Random Walk
  • Cellular Automaton
  • Point Process
  • Random Graph

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Tautu, P. (1986). Stochastic spatial processes in biology: A concise historical survey. In: Tautu, P. (eds) Stochastic Spatial Processes. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1212. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0076235

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