Mathematical Demography [electronic resource] : Selected Papers / by David P. Smith, Nathan Keyfitz ; edited by Kenneth W. Wachter, Hervé Le Bras.
By: Smith, David P [author.].
Contributor(s): Keyfitz, Nathan [author.] | Wachter, Kenneth W [editor.] | Le Bras, Hervé [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: Demographic Research Monographs, A series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.Description: XXIII, 335 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642358586.Subject(s): Social sciences | Science -- History | Mathematics | Statistics | Population | Demography | Social Sciences | Demography | Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences | Population Economics | History of Science | Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and LawDDC classification: 304.6 Online resources: Click here to access online 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.
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.
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