Limit theorems for bifurcating markov chains application to the detection of cellular aging

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 1538-1569

  Guyon, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

AR(1); Bifurcating autoregression; Bifurcating Markov chains; Cellular aging; Ergodicity; Limit theorems

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949116781     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: 10505164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/105051607000000195     Document Type: Article

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