Evolution on a smooth landscape: The role of bias

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 191-210

  Ridgway, Douglas ^a   Levine, Herbert ^a   Kessler, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Birth death processes; Evolution; Mean field; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031622486     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1023203818384     Document Type: Article

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