Random sums and branching stochastic processes (Q1344724)

The methods for the investigation of the number of particles applicable to branching processes with nonstationary immigration depending on reproduction are developed. They are applicable for processes without immigration. The substance of the method developed here includes a preliminary investigation of a scheme for the summation of dependent random variables, which has the same form as the relevant characteristic of branching processes. The book contains following themes: 1. Sums of a random number of random variables: Sampling sums of dependent variables and mixtures of infinitely divisible distributions; Limit theorems for a sum of randomly indexed sequences; Necessary and sufficient conditions and limit theorems for sampling sums. 2. Branching processes with generalized immigration: Classical models of branching processes; General branching processes with reproduction dependent immigration; Discrete time processes; Convergence to Jirina processes and transfer theorems for branching processes. 3. Branching processes (Galton-Watson) with time-dependent immigration: Decreasing immigration; Increasing immigration; Local limit theorems. 4. The asymptotic behavior of families of particles in branching processes (some characteristics of genealogical trees are investigated): Sums of dependent indicators; Family of particles in critical processes; Families of particles in supercritical and subcritical processes.