A family of recurrence generated sigmoidal functions based on the Verhulst logistic function. Some approximation and modelling aspects
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https://doi.org/10.11145/bmc.2016.12.171Abstract
In this note we construct a family of recurrence generated sigmoidal logistic functions based on the Verhulst logistic function.
We prove estimates for the Hausdorff approximation of the Heaviside step function by means of this family. Numerical examples, illustrating our results are given.
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2016-12-30
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