VERHULST, Pierre François (1804 – 1849)
1804 – 1849
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1838 CE
#145.57
Notice sur la loi que la population suit dans son accroissement.
Verhulst constructed the simplest mathematical model of a continously growing population with an upper limit to its size.
1845 CE
#145.58
Recherches mathématiques sur la loi d’accroissement de la population.
In his second paper on population growth Verhulst introduced the term, logistic. He modified his equation so its early part is exponential and becomes logistic only after a definite length of time. Verhulst published …