Application of WKB and Fokker-Planck methods in analyzing demographic stochasticity
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In large but finite populations, weak demographic stochasticity due to random birth and death events can lead to population extinction. The process is analogues to the escaping problem of trapped particles under random forces. Methods widely used in studying such physical systems, for instance, Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) and Fokker-Planck methods, can be applied to solve similar biological problems. In this article, we review recent developments on the applications of WKB and Fokker-Planck methods to some typical stochastic population dynamical models, including the logistic growth, endemic SIR, predator-prey, and competitive Lotka-Volterra models. The mean extinction time strongly depends on the nature of the corresponding deterministic fixed point. For different types of fixed points, the extinction can be driven either by rare events or typical Gaussian fluctuations. In the former case, the large deviation function that governs the distribution of rare events can be well-approximated by the WKB method in the weak noise limit. In the later case, the Fokker-Planck approach is also appropriate.
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