A Mathematical Overview of the Monogamous Marriage in a Multiregion Framework: Modelling and Control

Table 1

The description of parameters used for the definition of discrete-time systems (1)–(8).

Parameter	Description
	Natality of virgin men in region
	Natality of virgin women in region
	Natural mortality rate in region
	Marriage rate of virgin men of region to virgin women of region
	Marriage rate of divorced men of region to virgin women of region
	Marriage rate of virgin men of region to divorced women of region
	Marriage rate of virgin men of region to widowed women of region
	Marriage rate of widowed men of region to virgin women of region
	Marriage rate of divorced men of region to divorced women of region
	Marriage rate of divorced men of region to widowed women of region
	Marriage rate of widowed men of region to divorced women of region
	Marriage rate of widowed men of region to widowed women of region
	Divorce rate of married men of region
	Divorce rate of women of region which return to the region
	Widow rate of married women of region
	Widow rate of married men of region