Mathematical Demography Selected Papers

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smith, David P., Keyfitz, Nathan (Author)
Other Authors: Wachter, Kenneth W. (Editor), Le Bras, Hervé (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013, 2013
Edition:2nd ed. 2013
Series:Demographic Research Monographs, A Series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Life Table
  • Stable Population Theory
  • Attempts at Prediction and the Theory They Stimulated
  • Parameterization and Curve Fitting
  • Probability Models of Conception and Births
  • Bibliography
  • Additional Bibliographic References