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Galton-Watson processes in varying environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Peter Jagers
Peter Jagers*
Affiliation:
Gothenburg University, Sweden
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Abstract

Galton-Watson processes where the reproduction of individuals in different generations can have different distributions retain many characteristic features of classical processes.

Keywords

GALTON-WATSON BRANCHING PROCESSRANDOM ENVIRONMENTDIFFUSION APPROXIMATION
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 1974 , pp. 174 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1974 

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