Integrated Population Biology and Modeling, Part A

Preface<br>Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao and C.R. Rao <p>Section I: Cellular Population Dynamics<br>1. Population Dynamics and Evolution of Cancer Cells<br>Ignacio A. Rodriguez-Brenes and Dominik Wodarz<br>2. Stochastic and Deterministic Modeling of Cell Migration<br>Enrico Gavagnin and Christian A. Yates<br>3. Data-Driven Mathematical Modeling of Microbial Community Dynamics<br>Shinji Nakaoka<br>4. Reaction–Diffusion Kinetics in Growing Domains<br>C. Escudero, S.B. Yuste, E. Abad and F. Le Vot</p> <p>Section II: Insect Experiments to Human Demographic Theories<br>5. The Life Table Population Identity: Discovery, Formulations, Proof, Extensions, and Applications<br>James R. Carey, Sarah Silverman and Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao<br>6. Stochastic Modelling of Some Natural Phenomena: A Special Reference to Human Fertility<br>R.C. Yadava<br>7. Two Decades of Drosophila Population Dynamics: Modelling, Experiments, and Implications<br>Sutirth Dey and Amitabh Joshi</p> <p>Section III: Complex Environmental and Biogeochemical Dynamics<br>8. The Environmental Kuznets Curve Fails in a Globalized Socio-Ecological Metapopulation: A Sustainability Game Theory Approach<br>Tamer Oraby, Chris T. Bauch and Madhur Anand<br>9. Integrated Approach for Modeling Coastal Lagoons: A Case for Chilka Lake, India<br>S.R.V. Prasad Bhuvanagiri, Srinivasu Pichika, Raman Akkur, Kalavati Chaganti, Rakhesh Madhusoodhanan and Sarada Varma Pusapati</p> <p>Section IV: Measures of Mortality and Stochastics<br>10. Measures and Models of Mortality<br>Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Stefano Mazzuco and Lucia Zanotto<br>11. Stochastic Population Models<br>John Fricks and Ephraim Hanks<br>12. Survival Probabilities From 5-Year Cumulative Life Table Survival Ratios (T<SUB>x + 5</SUB>/T<SUB>x</SUB>): Some Innovative Methodological Investigations<br>Subrata Lahiri</p> <p>Section V: Human Inequality Measures and Well Being<br>13. Methods of Measuring Human Well-being and Human Development<br>Udoy Saikia, Gouranga Dasvarma and James Chalmers<br>14. A Bio-Demographic Perspective on Inequality and Life Expectancy: An Analysis of 159 Countries for the Periods 1970–90 and 1990–2010<br>David A. Swanson and Lucky M. Tedrow</p>