ISBN:
9783642358586
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXIII, 335 p, online resource)
Edition:
2nd ed. 2013
Series Statement:
Demographic Research Monographs, A series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Smith, David P., 1944 - Mathematical demography
Keywords:
Social sciences
;
Science History
;
Mathematics
;
Statistics
;
Population
;
Demography
;
Social Sciences
;
Social sciences
;
Science History
;
Mathematics
;
Statistics
;
Population
;
Demography
;
Quelle
;
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
;
Mathematisches Modell
;
Bevölkerungsstatistik
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Mathematical demography is the centerpiece of quantitative social science. The founding works of this field from Roman times to the late Twentieth Century are collected here, in a new edition of a classic work by David R. Smith and Nathan Keyfitz. Commentaries by Smith and Keyfitz have been brought up to date and extended by Kenneth Wachter and Hervé Le Bras, giving a synoptic picture of the leading achievements in formal population studies. Like the original collection, this new edition constitutes an indispensable source for students and scientists alike, and illustrates the deep roots and continuing vitality of mathematical demography
Description / Table of Contents:
The Life TableStable Population Theory -- Attempts at Prediction and the Theory They Stimulated -- Parameterization and Curve Fitting -- Probability Models of Conception and Births -- Bibliography -- Additional Bibliographic References.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-35858-6
URL:
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