Some limit theorems for positive recurrent branching Markov chains: I

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 693-710

  Athreya, Krishna B ^a   Kang, Hye Jeong ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Galton Watson processes; Large deviation; Law of large numbers; Positive recurrent Markov chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007376091     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001867800008557     Document Type: Article

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