Justifying the Gompertz curve of mortality via the generalized Polya process of shocks

DOI10.1016/j.tpb.2016.03.001zbMath1349.92118OpenAlexW2301999290WikidataQ38893648 ScholiaQ38893648MaRDI QIDQ341993

Maxim Finkelstein, Ji Hwan Cha

Publication date: 17 November 2016

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2016.03.001

zbMATH Keywords

imperfect repairextreme shock modelgeneralized Polya processGompertz law of mortalityStrehler-Mildvan model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Estimation in survival analysis and censored data (62N02) Reliability and life testing (62N05)

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