Time to extinction in subcritical two-sex branching processes

DOI10.1007/S11009-013-9384-1zbMATH Open1322.60175arXiv1311.0564OpenAlexW3098367848MaRDI QIDQ496950FDOQ496950

Authors: David Hull, Manuel Mota, George P. Yanev 

Publication date: 23 September 2015

Published in: Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Lower and upper bounds for the cumulative distribution function (cdf) of the time to extinction in a subcritical two-sex branching process are derived. A recursive procedure for approximating this cdf is also utilized. The results are illustrated with some simulations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.0564

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zbMATH Keywords

cumulative distribution functionextinction timebisexual branching processessubcritical process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

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