Definition:Leslie Matrix/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Leslie Matrix
The concept of the Leslie matrix was developed by Patrick Holt Leslie in $1945$.
It is used to model population growth, where the $a_i$ describe birth rates, and the $b_i$ survival rates associated with different age groups in a population.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Leslie matrix (P.H. Leslie, 1945)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Leslie matrix (P.H. Leslie, 1945)