The Brownian web: Characterization and convergence

Annals of Probability

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2857-2883

  Fontes, L R G ^a   Isopi, M ^b   Newman, C M ^c   Ravishankar, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian networks; Brownian web; Coalescing random walks; Continuum limit; Invariance principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744310229     PISSN: 00911798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009117904000000568     Document Type: Article

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