Modeling the oldest old

S. Moss de Oliveira, P.M.C. de Oliveira and D. Stauffer

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1995, vol. 221, issue 4, 453-459

Abstract: We use the Penna bit-string biological ageing model to simulate the particular feature of the oldest old of presenting a higher survival rate than the usual one. Three different strategies are proposed, all leading to the desired effect.

Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(95)00279-2

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