Sums of i.i.d. random variables and an application to the explosion criterion for markov branching processes

1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-J. Schuh
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Time ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Probabilistic Proof ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for in terms of , where Sn is the sum of n i.i.d. random variables with values in]0, ∞[, and A ≧ 0. We use these results to give a probabilistic proof of the ‘explosion criterion' for continuous-time Markov branching processes, which is usually shown analytically.

Sums of i.i.d. random variables and an application to the explosion criterion for markov branching processes

1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-J. Schuh
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Time ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Probabilistic Proof ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for in terms of , where Sn is the sum of n i.i.d. random variables with values in]0, ∞[, and A ≧ 0. We use these results to give a probabilistic proof of the ‘explosion criterion' for continuous-time Markov branching processes, which is usually shown analytically.

scholarly journals Recurrence properties of Processes with stationary independent increments

1964 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. C. Kingman
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Independent Increments ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Independent And Identically Distributed

Let X1, X2,…Xn, … be independent and identically distributed random variables, and write . In [2] Chung and Fuchs have established necessary and sufficient conditions for the random walk {Zn} to be recurrent, i.e. for Zn to return infinitely often to every neighbourhood of the origin. The object of this paper is to obtain similar results for the corresponding process in continuous time.

The λ-classification of continuous-time birth-and-death processes

2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (04) ◽  
pp. 1111-1130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew G. Hart ◽  
Servet Martínez ◽  
Jaime San Martín
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Time ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Birth And Death Processes ◽  
Positive Recurrent ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

We study the λ-classification of absorbing birth-and-death processes, giving necessary and sufficient conditions for such processes to be λ-transient, λ-null recurrent and λ-positive recurrent.

scholarly journals On the law of the iterated logarithm in the infinite variance case

1980 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Maller
Keyword(s):  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Infinite Variance ◽  
Iterated Logarithm ◽  
The Law ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Independent And Identically Distributed

AbstractThe main purpose of the paper is to give necessary and sufficient conditions for the almost sure boundedness of (Sn – αn)/B(n), where Sn = X1 + X2 + … + XmXi being independent and identically distributed random variables, and αnand B(n) being centering and norming constants. The conditions take the form of the convergence or divergence of a series of a geometric subsequence of the sequence P(Sn − αn > a B(n)), where a is a constant. The theorem is distinguished from previous similar results by the comparative weakness of the subsidiary conditions and the simplicity of the calculations. As an application, a law of the iterated logarithm general enough to include a result of Feller is derived.

Positive fractional continuous-time linear systems with singular pencils

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kaczorek
Keyword(s):  
Linear Systems ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Descriptor Systems ◽  
State Variables ◽  
Algebraic Constraints ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Time Linear

Positive fractional continuous-time linear systems with singular pencils A method for checking the positivity and finding the solution to the positive fractional descriptor continuous-time linear systems with singular pencils is proposed. The method is based on elementary row and column operations of the fractional descriptor systems to equivalent standard systems with some algebraic constraints on state variables and inputs. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the positivity of the fractional descriptor systems are established.

Lumpability and marginalisability for continuous-time Markov chains

1993 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 518-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Ball ◽  
Geoffrey F. Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Markov Chain ◽  
Markov Chains ◽  
Ion Channel ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Continuous Time Markov Chain ◽  
Continuous Time Markov Chains ◽  
Probabilistic Proof ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Mutually Independent

We consider lumpability for continuous-time Markov chains and provide a simple probabilistic proof of necessary and sufficient conditions for strong lumpability, valid in circumstances not covered by known theory. We also consider the following marginalisability problem. Let {X{t)} = {(X1(t), X2(t), · ··, Xm(t))} be a continuous-time Markov chain. Under what conditions are the marginal processes {X1(t)}, {X2(t)}, · ··, {Xm(t)} also continuous-time Markov chains? We show that this is related to lumpability and, if no two of the marginal processes can jump simultaneously, then they are continuous-time Markov chains if and only if they are mutually independent. Applications to ion channel modelling and birth–death processes are discussed briefly.

On the class of controlled branching processes with random control functions

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 804-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. González ◽  
M. Molina ◽  
I. Del Puerto
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Control Functions ◽  
Controlled Branching Processes ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Random Control

In this paper, the class of controlled branching processes with random control functions introduced by Yanev (1976) is considered. For this class, necessary and sufficient conditions are established for the process to become extinct with probability 1 and the limit probabilistic behaviour of the population size, suitably normed, is investigated.

scholarly journals Checking of the positivity of descriptor linear systems by the use of the shuffle algorithm

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Kaczorek
Keyword(s):  
Linear Systems ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Equivalent Form ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Descriptor Systems ◽  
State Equations ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Descriptor Linear Systems ◽  
Time Linear

Checking of the positivity of descriptor linear systems by the use of the shuffle algorithmNecessary and sufficient conditions for the positivity of descriptor continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems are established. The shuffle algorithm is applied to transform the state equations of the descriptor systems to their equivalent form for which necessary and sufficient conditions for their positivity have been derived. A procedure for checking the positivity of the descriptor systems is proposed and illustrated by numerical examples.

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