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Complementarity between survival and mortality | | Byung Mook Weon
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15 Mar 2004 | | Subject: | Populations and Evolution | q-bio.PE | | Abstract: | Accurate demographic functions help scientists define and understand longevity. We summarize a new demographic model, the Weon model, and show the application to the demographic data for Switzerland (1876-2002). Particularly, the Weon model simply defines the maximum longevity, which is induced in nature by the mortality dynamics. In this study, we reconsider the definition of the maximum longevity and the effectiveness for longevity by the combined effect of the survival and mortality functions. The results suggest that the mortality function should be zero at the maximum longevity, since the density function is zero but the survival function is not zero. Furthermore, the effectiveness for longevity can be maximized at the characteristic life by the complementarity between the survival and mortality functions, which suggests that there may be two parts of rectangularization for longevity. The historical trends for Switzerland (1876-2002) implies that there may be a fundamental limiting force to restrict the increase of the effectiveness. As a result, it seems that the density function is essential to define and understand the mortality dynamics, the maximum longevity, the effectiveness for longevity, the paradigm of rectangularization and the historical trends of the effectiveness by the complementarity between the survival and mortality functions. | | Source: | arXiv, q-bio.PE/0403017 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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