Variance and Uncertainty Measures of Population Diversity Dynamics

Authors

Mark A. Bedau, Reed College
Martin Zwick, Portland State UniversityFollow
Alan Bahm, Photon Kinetics

Published In

Advances in Systems Science and Applications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1995

Subjects

System theory, Population diversity -- Measurement, Population genetics -- Mathematical models

Abstract

We define variance and uncertainty measures of population diversity. Both measures have precise decompositions that we can exploit in analysis of evolutionary dynamics. We discuss how these measures are related and how they can be observed in artificial and natural evolving systems.

Description

Published in an open-source journal

Copyright 1999 International Institute for General Systems Studies

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27748

Citation Details

Bedau, M., Zwick, M., and Bahm, A. (1995). Variance and Uncertainty Measures of Population Diversity Dynamics. Advances in Systems Science and Applications. Special Issue I, 7-12.