The evolution of a spatial stochastic network

backward coupling birth and death processes queuing systems random point processes stationary point processes stationary recursive equations stochastic networks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point processes (e.g., Poisson, Cox, Hawkes processes) (60G55) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80) Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Applications of queueing theory (congestion, allocation, storage, traffic, etc.) (60K30)

Abstract: The asymptotic behavior of a stochastic network represented by a birth and death processes of particles on a compact state space is analyzed. Births: Particles are created at rate

l a m b d a_{+}

and their location is independent of the current configuration. Deaths are due to negative particles arriving at rate

l a m b d a_{-}

. The death of a particle occurs when a negative particle arrives in its neighborhood and kills it. Several killing schemes are considered. The arriving locations of positive and negative particles are assumed to have the same distribution. By using a combination of monotonicity properties and invariance relations it is shown that the configurations of particles converge in distribution for several models. The problems of uniqueness of invariant measures and of the existence of accumulation points for the limiting configurations are also investigated. It is shown for several natural models that if

l a m b d a_{+} < l a m b d a_{-}

then the asymptotic configuration has a finite number of points with probability 1. Examples with

l a m b d a_{+} < l a m b d a_{-}

and an infinite number of particles in the limit are also presented.

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This paper generally deals with the asymptotic behavior of configuration of particles in a compact state space. Particularly, a stochastic network represented by a birth and death process is analyzed, showing that, under some specific assumptions, the configurations of particles converge in distribution for several models. The paper also presents some examples, illustrating the theory.

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