On the class of controlled branching processes with random control functions

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 804-815

  Gonzalez M ^a   Molina, M ^a   Del Puerto, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Controlled branching processes; Extinction probability; Limit theorems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037000793     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1037816020     Document Type: Article

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