Verhulst and the logistic equation (1838)

Nicolas Bacaër ()
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Chapter Chapter 6 in A Short History of Mathematical Population Dynamics, 2011, pp 35-39 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In 1838 the Belgian mathematician Verhulst introduced the logistic equation, which is a kind of generalization of the equation for exponential growth but with a maximum value for the population. He used data from several countries, in particular Belgium, to estimate the unknown parameters. The work of Verhulst was rediscovered only in the 1920s.

Keywords: Logistic Equation; Geometric Progression; Royal Academy; Maximum Population; Imate Equation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-115-8_6

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