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Scaling limits for the individual-based process

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Stochastic Models for Structured Populations

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As in Chapter 2, we consider the case where the system size becomes very large. We scale this size by the integer K and look for approximations of the conveniently renormalized measure-valued population process, when K tends to infinity.

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Bansaye, V., Méléard, S. (2015). Scaling limits for the individual-based process. In: Stochastic Models for Structured Populations. Mathematical Biosciences Institute Lecture Series(), vol 1.4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21711-6_7

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