Limit theorems for subcritical branching processes in random environment

Annales de l'institut Henri Poincare (B) Probability and Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 593-620

  Geiger, Jochen ^a   Kersting, Götz ^b   Vatutin, Vladimir A ^c  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Branching process; Conditioned random walk; Limit theorems; Random environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038243162     PISSN: 02460203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0246-0203(02)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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