A REGULARIZATION SCHEME FOR AN INVERSE PROBLEM IN AGE-STRUCTURED POPULATIONS
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This paper considers the question of the stable determination of the death rate in the fundamental equation of age structured population dynamics t + a + = 0. We assume that data consisting of population profiles at two distinct times are given. Our approach is to formulate the inverse problem as an operator equation and then, use a method of least squares for its solution. Since the problem is ill-posed, we have to consider a regularization technique. We prove that the resulting scheme has a convergence rate of Hlder type. 1994 Academic Press, Inc.