Scaling Solution in the Large Population Limit of the General Asymmetric Stochastic Luria–Delbrück Evolution Process

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 783-805

  Kessler, David A ^a   Levine, Herbert ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha stable distribution; Growth; Luria Delbr ck; Mutants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925517779     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: 15729613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-014-1143-3     Document Type: Article

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