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On competition between two species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

C. J. Ridler-Rowe*
Affiliation:
Imperial College London

Abstract

A stochastic model for the competition between two species is considered and a limit theorem is obtained for the size of the surviving species. A limit theorem is also obtained for the probability that a given species should survive the other.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1978 

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