%0 Journal Article
%@ 0308-518X
%A Rogers, A.
%D 1980
%F iiasa:13719
%J Environment and Planning A
%N 5
%P 489-498
%R 10.1068/a120489
%T Introduction to multistate mathematical demography
%U https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13719/
%V 12
%X The study of the transitions that individuals experience over time, in the course of passing from one state of existence to another, is a fundamental dimension in much of mathematical demography. Recent work in multistate demographic analysis has led to a generalization of traditional demographic techniques for analyzing such problems. The papers in this issue are representative examples of work currently being carried out on this subject. A unifying thread is the use of matrix algebra to express multidimensional demographic processes in a compact and notationally elegant form which often leads to analytical insights that otherwise may be hidden in the more complicated nonmatrix formulations.