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Keyfitz, Nathan; Caswell, Hal - Applied Mathematical Demography - 9781441919779 - V9781441919779
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Applied Mathematical Demography

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Description for Applied Mathematical Demography paperback. Series: Statistics for Biology and Health. Num Pages: 584 pages, 74 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; PBWL; PSTS; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 808.
ButIacceptedtheinvitation.Key?tz'ssuggestionthatweincorporatesome of my earlier work on matrix population models seemed like a good way to complement the methods presented in the book, and to expand the range of their applications. I am a demographer of plants and nonhuman animals. Some would call this an oxymoron, since the Greek rootdemos refers to people, and that's us. But there are precedents for taking more inclusive de?nitions of the Greek.Ecologyandeconomics,forexample,bothcomefromtherootoikos, referring to the household. Interpretingdemos as referring to individuals, whether they are persons or not, lets demography apply across species. There is a long tradition of such crossover. Alfred J. Lotka is acknowledged ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Series
Statistics for Biology and Health
Number of Pages
558
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441919779
SKU
V9781441919779
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Reviews for Applied Mathematical Demography
From the reviews of the third edition: "If you found the original editions...to be excellent (and who amoung us has not?) then you will find the new edition to be equally so...This book is highly and unreservedly recommended for any beginning mathematical demographer." Mathematical Population Studies, 12:223-228, 2005 "The material in the second edition is ... Read more

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