A note on pair-formation functions

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 83-91

  Schmitz, S F Hsu ^a   Castillo Chavez, C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Harmonic mean; Marriage function; Minimum function; Pair formation; Two sex population

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034143374     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(00)00025-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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