Time-homogeneous birth-death processes with probability intervals and absorbing state

DOI10.1080/15598608.2009.10411914zbMath1225.60139MaRDI QIDQ2431658

Frank P. A. Coolen, Richard J. Crossman, Pauline Coolen-Schrijner

Publication date: 18 April 2011

Published in: Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15598608.2009.10411914

zbMATH Keywords

limiting conditional distribution; quasi-stationary distribution; birth-death process; absorbing state; interval probability; time-homogeneity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60J80: Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.)

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