Proliferating parasites in dividing cells: Kimmel's branching model revisited

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 967-996

  Bansaye, Vincent ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b University of Paris VII LPSM partially supported by ERC Starting Grant 680275 MALIG   (France)

Author keywords

Bienaym ; Branching processes in random environment (BPRE); Empirical measures; Galton Watson process (BGW); Markov chain indexed by a tree; Quasistationary distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949114580     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: 10505164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-AAP465     Document Type: Article

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