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
1-5
9780470400630 (ISBN)
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Probability Theory and Statistics
DOI
10.1002/9780470400531.eorms0420