Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1151698 Statistics & Probability Letters 2013 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

We propose a bivariate non-homogeneous birth and death process as a model for predator–prey interactions. Its expectation is periodic, as it is a solution to the classical Lotka–Volterra system. Moreover, the mean age at extinction, as defined in Kendall (1948), is infinite.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Statistics and Probability
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