Understanding Markov Chains by Nicolas Privault

Understanding Markov Chains by Nicolas Privault

Author:Nicolas Privault
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer Singapore, Singapore


Footnotes

1You may use the symmetry of the problem to simplify the calculations.

2The chain is periodic when all states have the same period.

Nicolas PrivaultSpringer Undergraduate Mathematics SeriesUnderstanding Markov Chains2013Examples and Applications10.1007/978-981-4451-51-2_9© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2013

9. Branching Processes

Nicolas Privault1

(1)School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

Abstract

Branching processes are used as a tool for the modeling of population growth and mutation of entities such as living beings, genes, particles, etc., or the spread of epidemics. This chapter mainly deals with the computation of extinction probabilities for branching processes.



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