Size-biased branching population measures and the multi-type x log x condition

Bernoulli

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1287-1304

  Olofsson, Peter ^a  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General branching process; Immigration; Size biased measure; X log x condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649214848     PISSN: 13507265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3150/09-BEJ211     Document Type: Article

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