On a two-parameter Yule-Simon distribution

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-83309-1_4zbMATH Open1496.60105arXiv2001.01486OpenAlexW4212894572MaRDI QIDQ2080141FDOQ2080141

Authors: Erich Baur, Jean Bertoin 

Publication date: 7 October 2022

Abstract: We extend the classical one-parameter Yule-Simon law to a version depending on two parameters, which in part appeared in Bertoin [2019] in the context of a preferential attachment algorithm with fading memory. By making the link to a general branching process with age-dependent reproduction rate, we study the tail-asymptotic behavior of the two-parameter Yule-Simon law, as it was already initiated in the mentioned paper. Finally, by superposing mutations to the branching process, we propose a model which leads to the full two-parameter range of the Yule-Simon law, generalizing thereby the work of Simon [1955] on limiting word frequencies.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.01486

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zbMATH Keywords

Crump-Mode-Jagers branching processheavy tail distributionpopulation model with neutral mutationspreferential attachment with fading memoryYule-Simon model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of branching processes (60J85) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

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