A new Gompertz-type diffusion process with application to random growth

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-165

  Gutiérrez jáimez, Ramón ^a   Román, Patricia ^a   Romero, Desirée ^a   Serrano, Juan J ^a   Torres, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion process; Gompertz curve; Random growth

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

GOMPERTZ-TYPE DIFFUSION PROCESS; REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS; SIGMOIDAL GROWTH PATTERNS; TIME-CONTINUOUS VARIABLES;

GROWTH KINETICS;

FORECASTING METHOD; GROWTH MODELING; KINETICS; NUMERICAL METHOD;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 34249336352     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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