On the convergence of multitype branching processes with varying environments

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 772-801

  Jones, Owen Dafydd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Branching process; Ergodic matrix products; Multitype; Varying environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031502804     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aoap/1034801253     Document Type: Article

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