Application of the Galton-Watson process to the kin number problem
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Publication:3925644
DOI10.2307/1426964zbMath0472.60067MaRDI QIDQ3925644
Publication date: 1981
Published in: Advances in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1426964
Galton-Watson process; family size; branching population models; cancer pedigree studies; fractional linear probability generating functions; kin number problem
60J85: Applications of branching processes
60J80: Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.)
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