Alfred James Lotka (March 2, 1880 – December 5, 1949) was a Polish-American mathematician, physical chemist, and statistician, famous for his work in population...
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Lotka's law, named after Alfred J. Lotka, is one of a variety of special applications of Zipf's law. It describes the frequency of publication by authors...
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The Lotka–Volterra equations, also known as the Lotka–Volterra predator–prey model, are a pair of first-order nonlinear differential equations, frequently...
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largely developed by Alfred J. Lotka in the early 20th century, building on the earlier work of Leonhard Euler. The Euler–Lotka equation, derived and...
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John Henry Poynting (redirect from J.H. Poynting)
daughters. Alfred J. Lotka was among Poynting's most famous students, being inspired by Poynting to apply the ideas of physical chemistry to biology. Lotka dedicated...
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population growth in The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, and Alfred J. Lotka called the intrinsic rate of increase, t = time. The model can also...
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2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010. Cohen, J. E. (1987). "Lotka, Alfred James (1880–1949)" (PDF). In Eatwell, J.; Newman, P. (eds.). The New Palgrave Dictionary...
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complex cultural activities, including human consciousness. In 1922, Alfred J. Lotka proposed that natural selection might be understood as a physical principle...
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Reed (1888–1966) of the Johns Hopkins University. Another scientist, Alfred J. Lotka derived the equation again in 1925, calling it the law of population...
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Scientific phenomena named after people (section J)
Loschmidt's paradox – Johann Josef Loschmidt Lotka's law – Alfred J. Lotka Lotka–Volterra equation – Alfred J. Lotka and Vito Volterra Love waves – Augustus...
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in biological evolution. For example, beginning at the macro level, Alfred J. Lotka (1945) argued that the evolution of the species was most essentially...
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Maximum power principle (redirect from Lotka's principle)
by Alfred J. Lotka (1922a, b). Lotka's statement sought to explain the Darwinian notion of evolution with reference to a physical principle. Lotka's work...
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equations named after people (eponymous equations). Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y Z See also References Eponym List of eponymous laws...
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Ecosystem model (section The Lotka–Volterra equations)
and most well-known, ecological models is the predator-prey model of Alfred J. Lotka (1925) and Vito Volterra (1926). This model takes the form of a pair...
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life. Utts, J. (1988). Successful replication versus statistical significance. Journal of Parapsychology, 52(4): 305–320. Radin, D. and J. Utts. (1989)...
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Informetrics (section Lotka's Law)
world, 20th century's Informetrics is mostly based on Lotka's law, named after Alfred J. Lotka, Zipf's law, named after George Kingsley Zipf, Bradford's...
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Ada Hitchins, who helped Soddy to discover the element protactinium Alfred J. Lotka Problem of Apollonius Oliver Sacks' autobiography Uncle Tungsten, in...
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power that is dissipated naturally. Almost half a century earlier, Alfred J. Lotka (1922) had suggested that a system's capacity to prevail in evolution...
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Raymond Pearl (1939) F. Leslie Hayford (1940) Winfield W. Riefler (1941) Alfred J. Lotka (1942) Emanuel Goldenweiser (1943) Helen M. Walker (1944) Walter A...
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National Service in War and Peace (1925–1975) ISBN 0-932764-00-2 Wheeler, Donald J. (1999). Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos, 2nd ed. SPC Press...
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beginning with Lotta All pages with titles containing Lotta Lota (name) Alfred J. Lotka Latta (disambiguation) Litta (disambiguation) Lotha (disambiguation)...
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Statistical Association's Statisticians in History website). Ree, M. J.; Carretta, T. R.; Earles, J. A. (1998). "In top-down decisions, weighting variables does...
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of Economics. 73 (4): 444–459. doi:10.2307/3439225. JSTOR 3439225. Street J. H. The Contribution of Simon S. Kuznets to Institutionalist Development Theory...
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cycle' was replaced by 'food web' in a subsequent ecological text. Alfred J. Lotka brought in many theoretical concepts applying thermodynamic principles...
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April 2013). "George E. P. Box (1919-2013)". The Aperiodical. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "George E. P. Box", MacTutor History of Mathematics...
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York: Harper & Brothers. 1996. The Works of Irving Fisher. edited by William J. Barber et al. 14 volumes London : Pickering & Chatto. Chicago plan Eugenics...
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happen in ecological systems. A model called the Lotka–Volterra model after its founders, Alfred J. Lotka and Vito Volterra, focuses on studies of ecology...
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Spector, Paul E (1992). Summated Rating Scale Construction. Sage. Warmbrod, J Robert (2014). "Reporting and Interpreting Scores Derived from Likert-type...
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Raymond Pearl (1939) F. Leslie Hayford (1940) Winfield W. Riefler (1941) Alfred J. Lotka (1942) Emanuel Goldenweiser (1943) Helen M. Walker (1944) Walter A...
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several insurance companies William Palin Elderton (1877–1962), English Alfred J. Lotka (1880–1949), American Sverre Krogh (1883–1957), Norwegian Harald Cramér...
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