| − | From the French ''courbe logistique'' (same meaning), coined by [[w:Pierre François Verhulst|Pierre François Verhulst]] in 1845.<ref>{{reference-journal |title=Recherches mathématiques sur la loi d'accroissement de la population [Mathematical Researches into the Law of Population Growth Increase] <!-- trans_title not imported from wikipedia -->|first=Pierre François |last=Verhulst |journal=Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique |volume=18 |year=1845 |pages=1-38 |url=http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN129323640_0018&DMDID=dmdlog7 }}</ref> Verhulst did not explain his choice of name. | + | From the French ''courbe logistique'' (same meaning), coined by [[w:Pierre François Verhulst|Pierre-François Verhulst]] in 1845.<ref>{{reference-journal |title=Recherches mathématiques sur la loi d'accroissement de la population [Mathematical Researches into the Law of Population Growth Increase] <!-- trans_title not imported from wikipedia -->|first=Pierre-François |last=Verhulst |journal=Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique |volume=18 |year=1845 |pages=1-38 |url=http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/index.php?id=11&PPN=PPN129323640_0018&DMDID=dmdlog7&L=1 }}</ref> Verhulst did not explain his choice of name. |
