On some modes of population growth leading to R. A. Fisher's logarithmic series distribution
D. Kendall. Biometrika, (1948)The author discusses a ``birth-and-death process'' for which the Kolmogorov differential equations assume the form $$ P_n'(t)=-n(a+b)+cP_n(t)+(n-1)a+cP_n-1(t)\\ +(n+1)bP_n+1(t), $$ where $P_n(t)$ is the probability of a population size $n$. The case $c0$ corresponds to mortality and fertility proportional to the actual population size. The $c$-term accounts for an increase by immigration. The generating function of $P_n(t)$ is obtained and it is shown that for small $c$ one obtains approximations to R. A. Fisher's ``logarithmic series distribution'' which has found several applications in biology..
The author discusses a ``birth-and-death process'' for which the Kolmogorov differential equations assume the form $$ P_n'(t)=-n(a+b)+cP_n(t)+(n-1)a+cP_n-1(t)\\ +(n+1)bP_n+1(t), $$ where $P_n(t)$ is the probability of a population size $n$. The case $c0$ corresponds to mortality and fertility proportional to the actual population size. The $c$-term accounts for an increase by immigration. The generating function of $P_n(t)$ is obtained and it is shown that for small $c$ one obtains approximations to R. A. Fisher's ``logarithmic series distribution'' which has found several applications in biology.
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%0 Journal Article
%1 MR0026282
%A Kendall, David G.
%D 1948
%J Biometrika
%K birth_death_processes population_dynamics
%P 6--15
%T On some modes of population growth leading to R. A. Fisher's logarithmic series distribution
%V 35
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note = {The author discusses a ``birth-and-death process'' for which the Kolmogorov differential equations assume the form $$ \multline P_n{}'(t)=-{n(a+b)+c}P_n(t)+{(n-1)a+c}P_{n-1}(t)\\ +(n+1)bP_{n+1}(t), \endmultline $$ where $P_n(t)$ is the probability of a population size $n$. The case $c\equiv 0$ corresponds to mortality and fertility proportional to the actual population size. The $c$-term accounts for an increase by immigration. The generating function of $P_n(t)$ is obtained and it is shown that for small $c$ one obtains approximations to R. A. Fisher's ``logarithmic series distribution'' which has found several applications in biology.},
pages = {6--15},
timestamp = {2009-08-17T00:34:14.000+0200},
title = {On some modes of population growth leading to {R}. {A}. {F}isher's logarithmic series distribution},
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year = 1948
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