Branching Processes: Variation, Growth, and Extinction of Populations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521539852)

Biology takes a special place among the other natural sciences because biological units, be they pieces of DNA, cells or organisms, reproduce more or less faithfully. As for any other biological processes, reproduction has a large random component. The theory of branching processes was developed especially as a mathematical counterpart to this most fundamental of biological processes. This active and rich research area allows us to make predictions about both extinction risks and the development of population composition, and also uncovers aspects of a population's history from its current genetic composition. Branching processes play an increasingly important role in models of genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, ecology and evolutionary theory. This book presents this body of mathematical ideas for a biological audience, but should also be enjoyable to mathematicians.

Author: Patsy Haccou, Peter Jagers, Vladimir A. Vatutin
ISBN-10: 0521539854
ISBN-13: 9780521539852
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/05/2007
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d