- Gompertz
- Benjamin, English actuary, 1779–1865. See G. hypothesis, G. law.
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GOMPERTZ — GOMPERTZ, English family, closely associated with the Hambro Congregation in London and known in the synagogue as Emmerich, after the family s place of origin. JOSEPH GOMPERTZ (1731–1810) was an early member of the board of deputies of British… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gompertz — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Benjamin Gompertz (1779–1865), britischer Mathematiker Lewis Gompertz (1783/84–1861), britischer Tierschützer und Erfinder Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung meh … Deutsch Wikipedia
Gompertz — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Gomper(t)z (également orthographié Gompers, Gomperz, Gumperz, etc.) est un nom de famille. Sommaire 1 La famille Gompertz 1.1 … Wikipédia en Français
Gompertz function — A Gompertz curve or Gompertz function, named after Benjamin Gompertz, is a sigmoid function. It is a type of mathematical model for a time series, where growth is slowest at the start and end of a time period.:y(t)=ae^{be^{ctwhere * a is the… … Wikipedia
Gompertz-Makeham law of mortality — The Gompertz Makeham law states that death rate is a sum of age independent component (Makeham term) and age dependent component (Gompertz function), which increases exponentially with age. In a protected environment where external causes of… … Wikipedia
Gompertz' law (formula) — Gom·pertz law (formula) (gomґpərts) [Benjamin Gompertz, British actuary, 1779–1865] see under law … Medical dictionary
Gompertz curve — noun Any of a family of curves, describing demographic growth, that increase exponentially at first before reaching a plateau. See Also: Gompertzian … Wiktionary
Gompertz formula — see under law … Medical dictionary
Gompertz's law — at advanced ages the risk of dying increases geometrically with age: the death rate at age x may be computed by the formula qx = q0·e·ax, where qx is the death rate at age x, q0 is the death rate at age 0, and a is a constant. From middle age on … Medical dictionary
Modèle de Gompertz — Le modèle de Gompertz (ou loi de mortalité de Gompertz Makeham) établit que le taux de mortalité est la somme de termes indépendants de l âge (termes de Makeham) et de termes dépendants de l âge (fonction de Gompertz). Ce modèle suggère également … Wikipédia en Français
