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logistic growth [lə′jis·tik ′grōth]

(biology)

Population growth in which the growth rate decreases with increasing number of individuals until it becomes zero when the population reaches a maximum.

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No references found			a], where K is the maximum cumulative case incidence, and [alpha] measures the extent of deviation of S-shaped dynamics from the classic logistic growth model ([alpha] = 1). Severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic in Asia by Yan, Guiyun / Emerging Infectious Diseases Many empirical models have been developed to describe the growth of animals macroscopically, including the Gompertz (1825) and logistic growth models (Verhulst, 1838). Use of the original von Bertalanffy growth model to describe the ... by Xiao, Yongshun / Fishery Bulletin			logical shift logical shift left logical shift right Logical Stress logical sum logical symbol logical unit Logical Unit 6.2 Logical Unit Number logical volume logical vs. physical logical vs. physical topology logically equivalent statements logician Logicism login Login Bolshev Login Geiden Login Nikolaevich Bolshev Login Petrovich Geiden Loginov, Evgenii Loginov, Evgenii Fedorovich LOGISCOPE Logishin logistic curve logistic growth Logistics Loglan Loglan'82 Loglan-88 LOGLISP Lognormal Distribution logo logo police Logofet Logographers Logoisk LOGOL Logoly State Park logomania logon Logone Logone River Logopathy Logopedics logoplegia logorrhea Logos Logothete logotype logout			Logistic (disambiguation) logistic and movement control center logistic and movement control center logistic assessment Logistic Assessment Report logistic assistance Logistic Assistance Office Command Interest Flasher Logistic Assistance Request Logistic Center Logistic Change Report Logistic Command & Information Support Logistic Control Logistic Control Code A Logistic Cost per Order Logistic curve logistic curves Logistic Data Process Logistic Deficiency Logistic Demonstration Logistic Depot Report Land Forces Logistic Dose Ranging Strategy logistic estimate of the situation Logistic Evaluation Group Logistic function Logistic Functional Area Services logistic growth Logistic Growth Equation Model logistic implications test Logistic Integrated Database - Publication Output Function Logistic logarithms Logistic Manager Code logistic marking and reading symbology logistic models Logistic Operation Streamline Logistic Organ Dysfunction System Logistic Plug Trunk Logistic regression logistic routes Logistic Services International, Inc Logistic Situation Report Land Forces logistic sourcing Logistic Status Report Logistic Storage Module Logistic Summary Report logistic support Logistic Support & Mobilization Plan logistic support (medical) Logistic Support Analysis Application Status System Logistic Support Analysis Control Number Logistic Support Analysis Guidance Conference

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