Sep 02 2009
S-curve
hey guys, i understand the idea of an S-curve, and how population levels out when the demand for space or resources becomes too high. however, when a population exceeds its maximum capasity and reaches its inflection point, and then drops back down before it levels out, does this have a different name? or is it still considered an S-curve.
Alex, you are a bit confused here. What you are calling an inflection point is an overshoot. No population follows an S, it is too simple. Just a starting point to understand logistic growth. To answer you last question, it is still considered an S curve. Note that S curves start out as J curves…(until the inflection point).