Linear-fractional branching processes with countably many types

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2940-2956

  Sagitov, Serik ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bienaym Galton Watson process; Contour process; Crump Mode Jagers process; Malthusian parameter; Multivariate linear fractional distribution; Perron Frobenius theorem; R positive recurrence; Renewal theory; Spinal representation

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR PROCESS; CRUMP-MODE-JAGERS PROCESS; GALTON-WATSON PROCESS; MALTHUSIAN; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR-FRACTIONAL DISTRIBUTION; PERRON-FROBENIUS THEOREM; R-POSITIVE RECURRENCE; RENEWAL THEORY; SPINAL REPRESENTATION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84877766803     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spa.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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