Introduction to Branching Processes
Book chapter, 2010

An overview of branching process theory, its background, history, and applications is given. Different forms of branching processes are described, from the simple Galton-Watson scheme to general processes.

age-dependent branching

Galton-Watson process

multitype branching

branching process

general branching processes

Author

Peter Jagers

Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences

University of Gothenburg

Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science

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9780470400630 (ISBN)

Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)

Probability Theory and Statistics

DOI

10.1002/9780470400531.eorms0420

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