Diffusion approximation of critical controlled multi-type branching processes

Branching processes form an important family of stochastic processes that have been successfully applied in many fields. In this paper, we focus our attention on controlled multi-type branching processes (CMBPs). A Feller-type diffusion approximation is derived for some critical CMBPs. Namely, we co...

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Szerzők: Barczy Mátyás
Gonzalez Miguel
Martin-Chavez Pedro
del Puerto Ines
Dokumentumtípus: Cikk
Megjelent: 2024
Sorozat:REVISTA DE LA REAL ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS FISICAS Y NATURALES SERIE A-MATEMATICAS 118 No. 3
Tárgyszavak:
doi:10.1007/s13398-024-01593-0

mtmt:34918304
Online Access:http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/38040
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Tartalmi kivonat:Branching processes form an important family of stochastic processes that have been successfully applied in many fields. In this paper, we focus our attention on controlled multi-type branching processes (CMBPs). A Feller-type diffusion approximation is derived for some critical CMBPs. Namely, we consider a sequence of appropriately scaled random step functions formed from a critical CMBP with control distributions having expectations that satisfy a kind of linearity assumption. It is proved that such a sequence converges weakly toward a squared Bessel process supported by a ray determined by an eigenvector of a matrix related to the offspring mean matrix and the control distributions of the branching process in question. As applications, among others, we derive Feller-type diffusion approximations of critical, primitive multi-type branching processes with immigration and some two-sex branching processes. We also describe the asymptotic behaviour of the relative frequencies of distinct types of individuals for critical CMBPs.
Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők:36
ISSN:1578-7303