Functional limit theorems for multitype branching processes and generalized Pólya urns

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-245

  Janson, Svante ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Generalized Polya urns; Multitype branching processes; Urn models

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542288384     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spa.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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