Modelling cell generation times by using the tempered stable distribution

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-397

  Palmer, Karen J ^a   Ridout, Martin S ^a   Morgan, Byron J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malthusian parameter; Mitotic cycle duration; Numerical Laplace transform inversion; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transition probability model; Tweedie distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649120412     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2008.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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