Stochastic models of evolution in genetics, ecology and linguistics

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn , Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Blythe, R A ^a   McKane, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interacting agent models; Population dynamics (theory); Stochastic particle dynamics (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547678295     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2007/07/P07018     Document Type: Article

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