Mathematical Models for the Growth of Human Populations.

Preface 1. Introduction 2. The life table 3. The deterministic population models of T. Malthus, A. J. Lotka, and F. R. Sharpe and A. J. Lotka 4. The deterministic theory of H. Bernadelli, P. H. Leslie and E. G. Lewis 5. Simple birth and death processes 6. The stochastic models of M. S. Bartlett and D. G. Kendall 7. The two-sex problem 8. The extinction of surnames 9. The stochastic version of Leslie's model 10. Hierarchical population models and recruitment 11. Conclusion References References according to chapter and section Solutions to exercises Australian life table (males) 1961 Author index Subject index.