Journal article
Applications of terminating nonhomogeneous renewal processes in family planning evaluation
Mathematical biosciences, v 22(C), pp 293-311
1974
Abstract
A terminating nonhomogeneous renewal process is formulated and studied in relation to the development of quantitative methods in family planning evaluation. The motivation underlying the results presented here was to satisfy a need, which arose during computer studies, to complete and extend a stochastic model of human reproduction reported previously. The paper is divided into seven sections detailing the nature of changes made in previous work. Two novel developments in the paper are the formulation of the waiting time between live births in terms of an absorbing semi-Markov process and the waiting time to conception in populations utilizing several methods of contraception as an absorbing Markov chain. These formulations not only permit the accommodation of many family planning variables but also lead to greater conceptual simplification than formulations used in previous work.
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Details
- Title
- Applications of terminating nonhomogeneous renewal processes in family planning evaluation
- Creators
- Charles J. Mode - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Mathematical biosciences, v 22(C), pp 293-311
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0016343865
- Other Identifier
- 991019174722504721