GOMPERTZ LAW IN SIMPLE COMPUTER MODEL OF AGING OF BIOLOGICAL POPULATION

Danuta Makowiec, Dietrich Stauffer and Mariusz Zieliński
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Danuta Makowiec: Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Gdańsk University, 80-952 Gdańsk, ul.Wita Stwosza 57, Poland
Dietrich Stauffer: Institute of Theoretical Physics, Cologne University, D-50923 Köln, Euroland
Mariusz Zieliński: Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Gdańsk University, 80-952 Gdańsk, ul.Wita Stwosza 57, Poland

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2001, vol. 12, issue 07, 1067-1073

Abstract: It is shown that if the computer model of biological aging proposed by Stauffer is modified such that the late reproduction is privileged, then the Gompertz law of exponential increase of mortality can be retrieved.

Keywords: Population Dynamics; Aging; Stauffer's Model; Monte Carlo Simulations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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