The saddlepoint approximation for a general birth process

DOI10.2307/3213912zbMath0482.60080OpenAlexW2322616775MaRDI QIDQ3940607

Henry E. Daniels

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/3213912

zbMATH Keywords

saddlepoint approximationbirth processsimple epidemic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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