Sentence examples for optimal population size from inspiring English sources

But Dr. Ehrlich still argues that the earth's "optimal population size" is two billion.

The ancient Greeks were interested in population size, and Plato's Republic incorporated the concept of an optimal population size of 5,040 citizens, among whom fertility was restrained by conscious birth control.

The NPGA was found to be robust with respect to the other algorithm parameters (tournament size and niche radius) when using an optimal population size.

The optimal population size for the NPGA was found by sensitivity analysis to be approximately 100, when the total computational cost was limited to 2000 function evaluations.

The optimal population size therefore likely depends on the relative importance of speed versus final fitness.

A critical question regards the optimal population size that a CHW could cover [ 31].

Substantial knowledge gaps remain and more research is necessary, particularly on optimal target population size, methods to improve coverage, and primaquine safety.

A model-based investigation found that the optimal fire interval for maximising population size over the medium term is around 15 years.

Gabriel & Burger [ 22] pointed out that if the population growth rate r exceeds an optimal value, then population sizes can overshoot the carrying capacity, thereby increasing the population extinction risk.

Anthropogenic factors may further modify genetic patterns and force populations into sub-optimal habitats leading to reduced population size, genetic diversity, and/or local adaptation and resulting in possible extirpation [ 27].

We find that we can improve fuel economy by 1.7% over the original control parameters, and we find a tradeoff in population size, and an optimal value for mutation rate.