The expected length of pendant and interior edges of a Yule tree

DOI10.1016/J.AML.2010.06.021zbMath1195.92048arXiv0910.5240OpenAlexW2594042085MaRDI QIDQ993754

Mike A. Steel, Arne Ø. Mooers

Publication date: 20 September 2010

Published in: Applied Mathematics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.5240

zbMATH Keywords

treedifferential equationYule modelpure-birth process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Trees (05C05) Problems related to evolution (92D15) Applications of graph theory (05C90)

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Uses Software

• Phylomatic

Cites Work

• Stochastic properties of generalised Yule models, with biodiversity applications
• The conditioned reconstructed process

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