The use of Gompertz models in growth analyses, and new Gompertz-model approach: An addition to the Unified-Richards family.

The Gompertz model is well known and widely used in many aspects of biology. It has been frequently used to describe the growth of animals and plants, as well as the number or volume of bacteria and cancer cells. Numerous parametrisations and re-parametrisations of varying usefulness are found in th...

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Main Authors: Kathleen M C Tjørve, Even Tjørve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5459448?pdf=render