Limit theorems for Markov processes indexed by continuous time Galton-Watson trees

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2263-2314

  Bansaye, Vincent ^a   Delmas, Jean François ^b   Marsalle, Laurence ^c   Tran, Viet Chi ^a,c  

^a CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

Author keywords

Ancestral lineage; Branching diffusion; Branching Markov process; Limit theorems; Manyto One formula; Size biased reproduction distribution; Size biased reproduction rate; Splitted diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655181332     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/10-AAP757     Document Type: Article

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