calculate_population

This function calculates the population for each age group and the number of births.

Provides tools to calculate the alpha parameter of the Weibull distribution, given beta
and the age-specific fertility of a species, so that the population remains stable and stationary.
Methods are inspired by "Survival profiles from linear models versus Weibull models: Estimating stable
and stationary population structures for Pleistocene large mammals" (Martín-González et al. 2019)
<doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.03.031>.

David Palacios-Morales

StablePopulation

Calculates Alpha for a Stable Population

Guillermo Rodríguez-Gómez

Jesús A. Martín-González

calculate_population function

<dl><dt>alpha</dt>
<dd>A numeric value representing the scale parameter (\(\alpha\)) of the Weibull distribution. Note: In this context, alpha controls the horizontal scaling of the survival curve.</dd>
<dt>beta</dt>
<dd>A numeric value representing the shape parameter (\(\beta\)) of the Weibull distribution. Note: Beta controls the shape of the survival curve (e.g., aging or failure rate).</dd>
<dt>fertility_rates</dt>
<dd>A vector of fertility rates for each age group.</dd></dl>

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Calculates the population for each age group — calculate_population

<dl>

<dt>alpha</dt>
<dd>A numeric value representing the scale parameter (\(\alpha\)) of the Weibull distribution. Note: In this context, alpha controls the horizontal scaling of the survival curve.</dd>


<dt>beta</dt>
<dd>A numeric value representing the shape parameter (\(\beta\)) of the Weibull distribution. Note: Beta controls the shape of the survival curve (e.g., aging or failure rate).</dd>


<dt>fertility_rates</dt>
<dd>A vector of fertility rates for each age group.</dd>

</dl>

calculate_population: Calculates the population for each age group

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