Some properties of a branching process with group immigration and emigration

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 628-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony G. Pakes

Batches of immigrants arrive in a region at event times of a renewal process and individuals grow according to a Bellman-Harris branching process. Tribal emigration allows the possibility that all descendants of a group of immigrants collectively leave the region at some instant.A number of results are derived giving conditions for the existence of a limiting distribution for the population size. These conditions can be given either in terms of the immigration distribution or in terms of the distribution of emigration times. Some limit theorems are obtained when the latter conditions are not fulfilled.

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 628-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony G. Pakes

Batches of immigrants arrive in a region at event times of a renewal process and individuals grow according to a Bellman-Harris branching process. Tribal emigration allows the possibility that all descendants of a group of immigrants collectively leave the region at some instant. A number of results are derived giving conditions for the existence of a limiting distribution for the population size. These conditions can be given either in terms of the immigration distribution or in terms of the distribution of emigration times. Some limit theorems are obtained when the latter conditions are not fulfilled.


1971 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen D. Durham

A general branching process begins with an initial object born at time 0. The initial object lives a random length of time and, during its life-time, has offspring which reproduce and die as independent probabilistic copies of the parent. Number and times of births to a parent are random and, once an object is born, its behavior is assumed to be independent of all other objects, independent of total population size and independent of absolute time. The life span of a parent and the number and times its offspring arrive may be interdependent. Multiple births are allowed. The process continues as long as there are objects alive.


1977 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Green

In this paper we generalise the so-called Yaglom conditional limit theorems to the general branching process counted by the values of a random characteristic, as suggested by Jagers (1974). Even when restricted to the special case of the usual population-size process, our results are stronger than those previously available.


1977 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 451-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Green

In this paper we generalise the so-called Yaglom conditional limit theorems to the general branching process counted by the values of a random characteristic, as suggested by Jagers (1974). Even when restricted to the special case of the usual population-size process, our results are stronger than those previously available.


1983 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 472-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Kulkarni ◽  
A. G. Pakes

The paper establishes limit theorems for the total progeny of a simple branching process in which immigration is allowed whenever the population size reaches 0.


1976 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
pp. 466-475
Author(s):  
K. B. Athreya ◽  
N. Kaplan

A Bellman–Harris process is considered where the population is subjected to disasters which occur at random times. Each particle alive at the time of a disaster survives it with probability p. In the situation when explosion can occur, several limit theorems are proven. In particular, we prove that the age-distribution converges to the same stable distribution as the Bellman-Harris process and that the population size continues to be asymptotically exponential.


1983 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Kulkarni ◽  
A. G. Pakes

The paper establishes limit theorems for the total progeny of a simple branching process in which immigration is allowed whenever the population size reaches 0.


1971 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen D. Durham

A general branching process begins with an initial object born at time 0. The initial object lives a random length of time and, during its life-time, has offspring which reproduce and die as independent probabilistic copies of the parent. Number and times of births to a parent are random and, once an object is born, its behavior is assumed to be independent of all other objects, independent of total population size and independent of absolute time. The life span of a parent and the number and times its offspring arrive may be interdependent. Multiple births are allowed. The process continues as long as there are objects alive.


1976 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 466-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. B. Athreya ◽  
N. Kaplan

A Bellman–Harris process is considered where the population is subjected to disasters which occur at random times. Each particle alive at the time of a disaster survives it with probability p. In the situation when explosion can occur, several limit theorems are proven. In particular, we prove that the age-distribution converges to the same stable distribution as the Bellman-Harris process and that the population size continues to be asymptotically exponential.


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