Integer-valued branching processes with immigration

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 713-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Steutel ◽  
W. Vervaat ◽  
S. J. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Difference Equation ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Queueing Theory ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Discrete State ◽  
Limiting Behaviour ◽  
Supercritical Branching Processes

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].

Integer-valued branching processes with immigration

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 713-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Steutel ◽  
W. Vervaat ◽  
S. J. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Difference Equation ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Queueing Theory ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Discrete State ◽  
Limiting Behaviour ◽  
Supercritical Branching Processes

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].

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

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (01) ◽  
pp. 289-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenghu Li
Keyword(s):  
Limit Theorem ◽  
Weak Convergence ◽  
Discrete Time ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Discrete State ◽  
Simple Set ◽  
Continuous State

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.

Asymptotic properties of super-critical branching processes II: Crump-Mode and Jirina processes

1975 ◽  
Vol 7 (01) ◽  
pp. 66-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. H. Bingham ◽  
R. A. Doney
Keyword(s):  
State Space ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Regular Variation ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Asymptotic Properties ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
The Other ◽  
Continuous State Space ◽  
Continuous State ◽  
Integer Exponent

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.

Asymptotic properties of super-critical branching processes II: Crump-Mode and Jirina processes

1975 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. H. Bingham ◽  
R. A. Doney
Keyword(s):  
State Space ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Regular Variation ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Asymptotic Properties ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
The Other ◽  
Continuous State Space ◽  
Continuous State ◽  
Integer Exponent

We obtain results connecting the distribution of the random variables Y and W in the supercritical generalized branching processes introduced by Crump and Mode. For example, if β > 1, EYβ and EWβ converge or diverge together and regular variation of the tail of one of Y, W with 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.

Asymptotic behaviour of continuous time, continuous state-space branching processes

1974 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 669-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Grey
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Behaviour ◽  
State Space ◽  
Discrete Time ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Discrete State ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Continuous State Space ◽  
Continuous State ◽  
Discrete State Space

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.

Supercritical branching processes with density independent catastrophes

1988 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Grey
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Time ◽  
Branching Process ◽  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Constant Rate ◽  
Watson Process ◽  
Stationary Transition ◽  
Supercritical Branching Processes ◽  
Independent Identically Distributed ◽  
Independent Poisson Process

A Markov branching process in either discrete time (the Galton–Watson process) or continuous time is modified by the introduction of a process of catastrophes which remove some individuals (and, by implication, their descendants) from the population. The catastrophe process is independent of the reproduction mechanism and takes the form of a sequence of independent identically distributed non-negative integer-valued random variables. In the continuous time case, these catastrophes occur at the points of an independent Poisson process with constant rate. If at any time the size of a catastrophe is at least the current population size, then the population becomes extinct. Thus in both discrete and continuous time we still have a Markov chain with stationary transition probabilities and an absorbing state at zero. Some authors use the term ‘emigration’ as an alternative to ‘catastrophe’.

Self-normalized large deviation for supercritical branching processes

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 450-458
Author(s):  
Weijuan Chu
Keyword(s):  
Branching Process ◽  
Large Deviation ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
The Self ◽  
Offspring Distribution ◽  
Multitype Branching Processes ◽  
Supercritical Branching Processes ◽  
Independent And Identically Distributed

Abstract We consider a supercritical branching process (Zn, n ≥ 0) with offspring distribution (pk, k ≥ 0) satisfying p0 = 0 and p1 > 0. By applying the self-normalized large deviation of Shao (1997) for independent and identically distributed random variables, we obtain the self-normalized large deviation for supercritical branching processes, which is the self-normalized version of the result obtained by Athreya (1994). The self-normalized large deviation can also be generalized to supercritical multitype branching processes.

Large deviations of branching process in a random environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-291
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Shklyaev
Keyword(s):  
Difference Equation ◽  
Large Deviations ◽  
Random Environment ◽  
Branching Process ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Asymptotic Formulas ◽  
Random Difference Equation ◽  
Random Difference ◽  
Independent Identically Distributed

Abstract In this first part of the paper we find the asymptotic formulas for the probabilities of large deviations of the sequence defined by the random difference equation Y n+1=A n Y n + B n , where A 1, A 2, … are independent identically distributed random variables and B n may depend on { ( A k , B k ) , 0 ⩽ k < n } $ \{(A_k,B_k),0\leqslant k \lt n\} $ for any n≥1. In the second part of the paper this results are applied to the large deviations of branching processes in a random environment.

Asymptotic behaviour of continuous time, continuous state-space branching processes

1974 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Grey
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Behaviour ◽  
State Space ◽  
Discrete Time ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Discrete State ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Continuous State Space ◽  
Continuous State ◽  
Discrete State Space

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.

Asymptotic properties of supercritical branching processes I: The Galton-Watson process

1974 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 711-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. H. Bingham ◽  
R. A. Doney
Keyword(s):  
Regular Variation ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Asymptotic Properties ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
The Other ◽  
Integer Exponent ◽  
Watson Process ◽  
Supercritical Branching Processes

We obtain results connecting the distributions of the random variables Z1 and W in the supercritical Galton-Watson process. For example, if a > 1, and converge or diverge together, and regular variation of the tail of one of Z1, W with non-integer exponent α > 1 is equivalent to regular variation of the tail of the other.

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