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On the characteristic functional for a replacement model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

A. W. Davis
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra.
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J. Gani and G. F. Yeo ([2] and [3]) have recently investigated certain age-distributions associated with a replacement model which serves, in particular, as a model for phage reproduction. In this paper, the characteristic functional for this model will be obtained explicitly.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1964

References

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