Existence of a critical Gompertz parameter and its asymptotic expression

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1302-1309

  Lakshminarayanan, E S ^a   Pitchaimani, M ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gompertz critical parameter; Gompertz equation; Mortality rates; Survival function

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ASYMPTOTIC EXPRESSIONS; GOMPERTZ CRITICAL PARAMETERS; GOMPERTZ EQUATIONS; MORTALITY RATES; SPECIFIC MORTALITY; SURVIVAL FUNCTION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 38849190611     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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