A non-stochastic approach for modeling uncertainty in population dynamics

We developed a non-stochastic methodology to deal with the uncertainty in models of population dynamics. This approach assumed that noise is bounded; it led to models based on differential inclusions rather than stochastic processes, and avoided stochastic calculus. Examples of estimations of extinction times for exponential and logistic population growth with environmental and demographic noise are presented.

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