Limit theorems and estimation theory for branching processes with an increasing random number of ancestors

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 309-327

  Dion, J P ^a   Yanev, N M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Branching processes; Estimation theory; Immigration; Limit theorems; Random number of ancestors; Random sums of RV

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BRANCHING PROCESSES; IMMIGRATION; LIMIT THEOREMS; RANDOM NUMBER OF ANCESTORS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0031358720     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021900200100968     Document Type: Article

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