Survival probabilities for branching brownian motion with absorption

Electronic Communications in Probability

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 81-92

  Harris, J W ^a   Harris, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive mar tingales; Branching Brownian motion with absorption; Spine constructions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249977196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1083589X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ECP.v12-1259     Document Type: Article

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