Entropy and convergence in dynamics and demography

DOI10.1007/BF00166145zbMath0782.92014WikidataQ52403947 ScholiaQ52403947MaRDI QIDQ1802939

Shripad D. Tuljapurkar

Publication date: 29 June 1993

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

zbMATH Keywords

demography; eigenvalues; convergence rate; Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy; stable age distribution; coarse-graining; Kullback information; population entropy; demographic Leslie projection model; imprimitive and periodic limits; irreducible, aperiodic finite Markov chains; time-scaling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D25: Population dynamics (general)

60J10: Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces)

60J20: Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.)

91D20: Mathematical geography and demography

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