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<table><TR><TD valign="top">[1]</TD> <TD valign="top"> B.A. [B.A. Sevast'yanov] Sewastjanow, "Verzweigungsprozesse" , Akad. Wissenschaft. DDR (1974) (Translated from Russian) {{MR|0408018}} {{ZBL|0291.60039}} </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top">[2]</TD> <TD valign="top"> B.A. Sevast'yanov, "Age-dependent branching processes" ''Theory Probab. Appl.'' , '''9''' : 4 (1964) pp. 521–537 ''Teor. Veroyatnost. i Primenen.'' , '''9''' : 4 (1964) pp. 577–594 {{MR|}} {{ZBL|0169.20605}} {{ZBL|0164.46901}} {{ZBL|0248.60059}} </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top">[3]</TD> <TD valign="top"> C.J. Mode, "Multitype branching processes" , Elsevier (1971) {{MR|0279901}} {{ZBL|0219.60061}} {{ZBL|0214.19401}} </TD></TR></table>
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Additional references can be found in the article [[Branching process|Branching process]].
 
Additional references can be found in the article [[Branching process|Branching process]].

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2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 60J80 [MSN][ZBL]

A model of a branching process in which the lifetime of a particle is an arbitrary non-negative random variable, while the number of daughter particles depends on its age at the moment of transformation. In the single-type particle model each particle has a random duration of life with distribution function

At the end of its life the particle is transformed into daughter particles of age zero with a probability if the transformation took place when the age attained by the original particle was . Let be the number of particles at the moment of time . The generating function of the probability distribution of for a process beginning with one particle of age zero satisfies the equation

(*)

where

Put

An age-dependent branching process is said to be subcritical, critical or supercritical if , and , or , respectively. The behaviour of the process as substantially depends on its criticality. Subcritical and critical processes die out with probability one, i.e.

The following results have been obtained for these processes [1]: asymptotic formulas for the moments , necessary and sufficient conditions of extinction, conditions of existence and uniqueness of a solution of equation (*) and asymptotic formulas as for

The limit distributions have also been determined. In the critical case, as :

If is independent of , the age-dependent branching process is a Bellman–Harris process. The model just described has been generalized to include processes with several types of particles, and also to processes for which a particle may generate new particles several times during its lifetime [2], [3].

References

[1] B.A. [B.A. Sevast'yanov] Sewastjanow, "Verzweigungsprozesse" , Akad. Wissenschaft. DDR (1974) (Translated from Russian) MR0408018 Zbl 0291.60039
[2] B.A. Sevast'yanov, "Age-dependent branching processes" Theory Probab. Appl. , 9 : 4 (1964) pp. 521–537 Teor. Veroyatnost. i Primenen. , 9 : 4 (1964) pp. 577–594 Zbl 0248.60059
[3] C.J. Mode, "Multitype branching processes" , Elsevier (1971) MR0279901 Zbl 0219.60061 Zbl 0214.19401

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Additional references can be found in the article Branching process.

How to Cite This Entry:
Branching process, age-dependent. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Branching_process,_age-dependent&oldid=23586
This article was adapted from an original article by V.P. Chistyakov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article