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A matrix approach for some simple population processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2016

Gustave Feichtinger*
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University of Bonn
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The aim of this paper is to provide a stochastic process approach for some demographic phenomena. It shows, particularly, how finite absorbing Markov chains can be used for analyzing intensities and timings for marriage processes.

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Copyright © Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de recherches économiques et sociales 1971 

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