https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2004-00400-x
Scaling properties of the Penna model
1
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier
Sigaud 150, 22290-180 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
2
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Campus da
Praia Vermelha, 24210-340 Niterói, RJ, Brazil
Corresponding author: a edgardo@cbpf.br
Received:
7
June
2004
Revised:
9
October
2004
Published online:
23
December
2004
We investigate the scaling properties of the Penna model, which has become a popular tool for the study of population dynamics and evolutionary problems in recent years. We find that the model generates a normalised age distribution for which a simple scaling rule is proposed, that is able to reproduce qualitative features for all genome sizes.
PACS: 87.23.Cc – Population dynamics and ecological pattern formation / 89.75.Da – Systems obeying scaling laws / 05.10.Ln – Monte Carlo methods
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2004
