Modeling and estimating bacterial lag phase
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1Trinity University, Mathematics Department, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, United States. polofsso@trinity.edu
Mathematical Biosciences
|October 12, 2011
Abstract:
A branching process model of a bacterial population with initial lag phase is developed. Approximations are established in order to facilitate parameter estimation. The validity of approximations and estimation procedures is tested with simulated data.
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