Random deaths in a computational model for age-structured populations

2000/02/29 by J. S. Sa' Martins, S. Cebrat
Physics and Astronomy · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #cond-mat.stat-mech #q-bio

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published as Theory in Biosciences, 119, 156-165 (Jul 2000) · 7 pages, 5 figures, minor text revisions and updated references. Version published

arxiv created 2000/09/05 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

The concept of random deaths in a computational model for population dynamics is critically examined. We claim that it is just an artifact, albeit useful, of computational models to limit the size of the populations and has no biological foundation. Alternative implementations of random deaths strategies are discussed and compared.

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