Does anyone know about applications of Markov chains in insect life cycle?

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Lavinia Iancu

Hello Carlos,

You can find something about the application of markov chains and brownian motion models in insect ecology in - Brownian Motion: Theory, Modelling and Applications, Editors: Robert C. Earnshaw and Elizabeth M. Riley, Nova Science, ISBN: 978-1-61209-537-0

and the paper attached (take a look at the reference list), maybe you have it already.

Regards,

Carlos Jair Muñoz Rodriguez

Hi, thanks for your answer I will check it.