The quasistationary distribution of the stochastic logistic model

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 898-907

  Ovaskainen, Otso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quasistationary distribution; SIS model; Stochastic logistic model; Time to extinction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035528749     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1011994180     Document Type: Article

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