LOGARITHM IN BIOLOGY .1. MECHANISMS GENERATING LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION EXACTLY
LOGARITHM IN BIOLOGY .1. MECHANISMS GENERATING LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION EXACTLY
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-5193(66)90119-6
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发表时间:
1966-01-01
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2
通讯作者:
KOCH, AL
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作者:
KOCH, AL
The log-normal distribution is employed in many branches of biology, but the mechanisms generating this distribution are not widely appreciated. Mechanisms are considered which generate the log-normal from an underlying normal distribution under a variety of biological circumstances that serve to introduce the logarithm function. Mechanisms are also presented which generate the log-normal distribution directly from processes in which the random fluctuations enter in the expression for the final state of the system in multiplicative ways.