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Generalized Beta Models and Population Growth: So Many Routes to Chaos

Fractal Fract. 2023, 7(2), 194; https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract7020194
by M. Fátima Brilhante 1,2, M. Ivette Gomes 2,3,4,*, Sandra Mendonça 2,5, Dinis Pestana 2,3,4 and Pedro Pestana 6,7
Reviewer 1:
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Reviewer 3:
Fractal Fract. 2023, 7(2), 194; https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract7020194
Submission received: 9 January 2023 / Revised: 6 February 2023 / Accepted: 10 February 2023 / Published: 15 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Fractal and Fractional 2022–2023)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

(1) No figures are seen in the manuscript.

(2)This manuscript is too long and should highlight the important issues and major innovations addressed.

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

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Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

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Reviewer 3 Report

The paper provides a review analysis of mathematical models of population growth. The review covers a fairly wide range of methods - from classical probabilistic to modern integro-differential fractional (non-integer) order.

However, I believe that the review is somewhat overloaded - due to too detailed consideration of the "standard" issues of mathematical analysis and probability theory, as well as the corresponding classical textbooks.

It can also be somewhat reduced (without loss of understanding!) - due to a less detailed consideration of the mathematical apparatus (which is not very difficult for the issues under consideration of modeling population growth).

Technical inaccuracy: Sixteen figures are mentioned in the text of the manuscript, but I could not find them (except for two gif-files in the Supplementary Materials folder), unfortunately.

In general, I believe that the manuscript can be published - either after minor revision (some reduction in accordance with the indicated reasons), or in present form (if the editors can allocate enough space for such a voluminous material))).

Author Response

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