Entropy and convergence in dynamics and demography

DOI10.1007/BF00166145zbMath0782.92014OpenAlexW2007585349WikidataQ52403947 ScholiaQ52403947MaRDI QIDQ1802939

Shripad D. Tuljapurkar

Publication date: 29 June 1993

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00166145

zbMATH Keywords

demographyeigenvaluesconvergence rateKolmogorov-Sinai entropystable age distributioncoarse-grainingKullback informationpopulation entropydemographic Leslie projection modelimprimitive and periodic limitsirreducible, aperiodic finite Markov chainstime-scaling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) (60J10) Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Mathematical geography and demography (91D20)

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