scholarly journals A Limit Theorem for Discrete Galton-Watson Branching Processes with Immigration

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenghu Li

We provide a simple set of sufficient conditions for the weak convergence of discrete-time, discrete-state Galton-Watson branching processes with immigration to continuous-time, continuous-state branching processes with immigration.

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (01) ◽  
pp. 289-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenghu Li

We provide a simple set of sufficient conditions for the weak convergence of discrete-time, discrete-state Galton-Watson branching processes with immigration to continuous-time, continuous-state branching processes with immigration.


1974 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 669-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Grey

Results on the behaviour of Markov branching processes as time goes to infinity, hitherto obtained for models which assume a discrete state-space or discrete time or both, are here generalised to a model with both state-space and time continuous. The results are similar but the methods not always so.


1974 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Grey

Results on the behaviour of Markov branching processes as time goes to infinity, hitherto obtained for models which assume a discrete state-space or discrete time or both, are here generalised to a model with both state-space and time continuous. The results are similar but the methods not always so.


2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
K. GOPALSAMY ◽  
S. MOHAMAD

The convergence characteristics of a single dissipative Hopfield-type neuron with self-interaction under periodic external stimuli are considered. Sufficient conditions are established for associative encoding and recall of the periodic patterns associated with the external stimuli. Both continuous-time-continuous-state and discrete-time-continuous-state models are discussed. It is shown that when the neuronal gain is dominated by the neuronal dissipation on average, associative recall of the encoded temporal pattern is guaranteed and this is achieved by the global asymptotic stability of the encoded pattern.


1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 713-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Steutel ◽  
W. Vervaat ◽  
S. J. Wolfe

The notion of self-decomposability for -valued random variables as introduced by Steutel and van Harn [10] and its generalization by van Harn, Steutel and Vervaat [5], are used to study the limiting behaviour of continuous-time Markov branching processes with immigration. This behaviour provides analogues to the behaviour of sequences of random variables obeying a certain difference equation as studied by Vervaat [12] and their continuous-time counterpart considered by Wolfe [13]. An application in queueing theory is indicated. Furthermore, discrete-state analogues are given for results on stability in the processes studied by Wolfe, and for results on self-decomposability in supercritical branching processes by Yamazato [14].


2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (01) ◽  
pp. 296-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Heinzmann

In this paper, a distributional approximation to the time to extinction in a subcritical continuous-time Markov branching process is derived. A limit theorem for this distribution is established and the error in the approximation is quantified. The accuracy of the approximation is illustrated in an epidemiological example. Since Markov branching processes serve as approximations to nonlinear epidemic processes in the initial and final stages, our results can also be used to describe the time to extinction for such processes.


1975 ◽  
Vol 7 (01) ◽  
pp. 66-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. H. Bingham ◽  
R. A. Doney

We obtain results connecting the distribution of the random variablesYandWin the supercritical generalized branching processes introduced by Crump and Mode. For example, if β > 1,EYβandEWβconverge or diverge together and regular variation of the tail of one ofY, Wwith non-integer exponent β > 1 is equivalent to regular variation of the other. We also prove analogous results for the continuous-time continuous state-space branching processes introduced by Jirina.


1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (03) ◽  
pp. 512-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fima C. Klebaner

Sufficient conditions for survival and extinction of multitype population-size-dependent branching processes in discrete time are obtained. Growth rates are determined on the set of divergence to infinity. The limiting distribution of a properly normalized process can be generalized gamma, normal or degenerate.


1988 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Johnson ◽  
Dean Isaacson

Sufficient conditions for strong ergodicity of discrete-time non-homogeneous Markov chains have been given in several papers. Conditions have been given using the left eigenvectors ψn of Pn(ψ nPn = ψ n) and also using the limiting behavior of Pn. In this paper we consider the analogous results in the case of continuous-time Markov chains where one uses the intensity matrices Q(t) instead of P(s, t). A bound on the rate of convergence of certain strongly ergodic chains is also given.


2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 1022-1032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Hua Mao ◽  
Yu-Hui Zhang

An explicit, computable, and sufficient condition for exponential ergodicity of single-birth processes is presented. The corresponding criterion for birth–death processes is proved using a new method. As an application, some sufficient conditions are obtained for exponential ergodicity of an extended class of continuous-time branching processes and of multidimensional Q-processes, by comparison methods.


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