mathematical population dynamics (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics)

This book is an outcome of the Second International Conference on Mathematical Population Dynamics. It is intended for mathematicians, statisticians, biologists, and medical researchers who are interested in recent advances in analyzing changes in populations of genes, cells, and tumors.

Ovide Arino is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pau, France. The author or coauthor of nearly 50 articles, he is a member of the Society of Mathematical Biology. Dr. Arino received the B.S. (1971) degree from the University of Nice and Doctorate d’Etat (1980) degree from the University of Bordeaux I, both in France. David E. Axelrod is Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey. The author or coauthor of nearly 80 journal articles, book chapters, and abstracts, he is a member of the Cell Kinetics Society, American Society for Cell Biology, American Society for Microbiology, and Genetics Society of America. Dr. Axelrod received the B.S. (1962) degree from the University of Chicago, Illinois, and Ph.D. (1967) degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Marek Kimmel is Associate Professor of Statistics at Rice University, Houston, Texas. The author or coauthor of over 50 journal articles and book reviews, he is a member of the Cell Kinetics Society, American Mathematical Society, and Institute of Mathematical Statistics. His principal interest is in the mathematics of populations. Dr. Kimmel received the M.S. (1977) and Ph.D. (1980) degrees from Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, Poland.