Why use population entropy? It determines the rate of convergence

DOI10.1007/BF00276067zbMath0478.92011OpenAlexW1994823060WikidataQ113909181 ScholiaQ113909181MaRDI QIDQ1161470

Shripad D. Tuljapurkar

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00276067

zbMATH Keywords

Leslie modelstable age distributionKullback distance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Entropy and other invariants (28D20)

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