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On the Use of the Direct Matrix Product in Analyzing Certain Stochastic Population Models

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The sections of Pollard’s article that are omitted include an introduction to the Leslie matrix; stochastic treatment of the case of multiple births; and an extension of the methods outlined here to higher order moments.

From Biometrika 53. Excerpts are from pages 397–398, 401–405.

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Pollard, J.H. (1977). On the Use of the Direct Matrix Product in Analyzing Certain Stochastic Population Models. In: Mathematical Demography. Biomathematics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81046-6_48

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