Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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975533 | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
We show that the Gompertz equation describes the evolution in time of the median of a geometric stochastic process. Therefore, we induce that the process itself generates the growth. This result allows us further to exploit a stochastic variational principle to take account of self-regulation of growth through feedback of relative density variations. The conceptually well defined framework so introduced shows its usefulness by suggesting a form of control of growth by exploiting external actions.
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Authors
E. De Lauro, S. De Martino, S. De Siena, V. Giorno,