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A note on the age-dependent branching process with immigration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Norman Kaplan
Norman Kaplan*
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
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Abstract

Let {Z(t)}t0 be an age-dependent branching process with immigration. For a general class of functions Φ(x), a necessary and sufficient condition is given for when E{Φ (Z(t))} <∞. This result is a direct generalization of a theorem proven for the branching process without immigration.

Keywords

AGE-DEPENDENT BRANCHING PROCESSIMMIGRATIONBRANCHING PROCESS WITH IMMIGRATION
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 1975 , pp. 130 - 134
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1975 

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