Pierre François Verhulst (October 28, 1804 - February 15, 1849, Brussels, Belgium) was a mathematician and a doctor in number theory from the University of Ghent in 1825. Verhulst published in 1838 the logistic demographic model:

$N\text{'}(t)\; =\; r\; N(t)\; \backslash left(1\; -\; \backslash frac\; \{N(t)\}\{K\}\; \backslash right)$

when $N(t)$ represents number of individuals at time t, r the intrinsic growth rate and K number of individuals in equilibrium.

See also

• Population dynamics
• Logistic map
• Logistic function
• Logistic distribution

References

Verhulst, P. F., (1838). 'Notice sur la loi que la population pursuit dans son accroissement. Correspondance mathématique et physique 10:113-121.

Verhulst, P. F., Recherches Mathematiques sur La Loi D'Accroissement de la Population, Nouveaux Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles, 18, Art. 1, 1-45, 1845 (Mathematical Researches into the Law of Population Growth Increase)

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