Hierarchical equilibria of branching populations

Electronic Journal of Probability

Volumn 9, Issue , 2004, Pages 316-381

  Wakolbinger, A ^c   Gorostiza, L G ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genealogy; Hierarchical mean field limit; Multilevel branching; Strong transience

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644265830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/EJP.v9-200     Document Type: Article

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