A hierarchical kinetic theory of birth, death and fission in age-structured interacting populations

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DOI10.1007/S10955-016-1524-XzbMATH Open1346.92053arXiv1512.05432OpenAlexW2282845651WikidataQ36973799 ScholiaQ36973799MaRDI QIDQ315641FDOQ315641


Authors: Tom Chou, Chris D. Greenman Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 22 September 2016

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study mathematical models describing the evolution of stochastic age-structured populations. After reviewing existing approaches, we present a full kinetic framework for age-structured interacting populations undergoing birth, death and fission processes, in spatially dependent environments. We define the complete probability density for the population-size-age-chart and find results under specific conditions. Connections with more classical models are also explicitly derived. In particular, we show that factorial moments for non-interacting processes are described by a natural generalization of the McKendrick-von Foerster equation, which describes mean-field deterministic behaviour. Our approach utilizes mixed type, multi-dimensional probability distributions similar to those employed in the study of gas kinetics, with terms that satisfy BBGKY-like equation hierarchies.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.05432




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