Mathematical Theories of Populations: Demographics, Genetics, and Epidemics (CBMS-NSF Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics, Series Number 20) - Softcover

Hoppensteadt, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898710170 ISBN 13: 9780898710175

Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1987

Synopsis

Mathematical theories of populations have appeared both implicitly and explicitly in many important studies of populations, human populations as well as populations of animals, cells and viruses. They provide a systematic way for studying a population's underlying structure. A basic model in population age structure is studied and then applied, extended and modified, to several population phenomena such as stable age distributions, self-limiting effects, and two-sex populations. Population genetics are studied with special attention to derivation and analysis of a model for a one-locus, two-allele trait in a large randomly mating population. The dynamics of contagious phenomena in a population are studied in the context of epidemic diseases.

About this edition

• Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0898710170
• ISBN 13: 9780898710175
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80