INFORMATICA
International Journal
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INFORMATICA, 1999, Vol. 10, No. 3, 327-362
© Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius, 1998
ISSN 0868-4952
On the Coexistence of Different Religions
Vladas SKAKAUSKAS
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University Naugarduko 24, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: vladas.skakauskas@maf.vu.lt
Abstract
A general model for pair formation in age, sex, and sociologically structured interacting human communities is presented. More precisely, the religion factor is taken into account. The model describes dynamics of interacting religions which tolerate both uniconfessional pairs and those with different religions. Two particular models are analyzed. One of them describes the uniconfessional pairs dynamics and allows the religion change only for the sake of marriage. The other one demonstrates the evolution of communities forbidding any confession change. In the case of constant vital rates solutions of these two models are constructed and the longtime behavior of the total numbers of single adults and pairs of each community is demonstrated.
Keywords:
population dynamics, random mating, age-sex-structured population, demography
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