Branching processes : Variation, growth, and extinction of populations
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Bibliographic Information
Branching processes : Variation, growth, and extinction of populations
（Cambridge studies in adaptive dynamics, 5）
Cambridge University Press, c2005, 2007
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
"This digitally printed version 2007" -- t.p. verso
hbk版(first published 2005)は別書誌<BA72381468>
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Biology takes a special place among the other natural sciences because biological units, be they pieces of DNA, cells or organisms, reproduce more or less faithfully. As for any other biological processes, reproduction has a large random component. The theory of branching processes was developed especially as a mathematical counterpart to this most fundamental of biological processes. This active and rich research area allows us to make predictions about both extinction risks and the development of population composition, and also uncovers aspects of a population's history from its current genetic composition. Branching processes play an increasingly important role in models of genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, ecology and evolutionary theory. This book presents this body of mathematical ideas for a biological audience, but should also be enjoyable to mathematicians.
Table of Contents
- Authors
- Acknowledgements
- Notational standards
- 1. Generalities
- 2. Discrete-time branching processes
- 3. Branching in continuous time
- 4. Large populations
- 5. Extinction
- 6. Development of populations
- 7. Specific models
- Appendix
- References
- Index.
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