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A note on extinction criteria for bisexual Galton-Watson processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

F. Thomas Bruss
F. Thomas Bruss*
Affiliation:
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur
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∗Postal address: Département de Mathématique, FNDP, Rempart de la Vierge 8, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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Abstract

This note deals with extinction criteria for bisexual Galton–Watson processes with arbitrary mating functions in terms of the averaged reproduction mean per mating unit. It gives a satisfactory answer to a question put forward by Hull (1982).

Keywords

GENERAL BISEXUAL MATING FUNCTIONSPHI-BRANCHING PROCESSESABSORBING PROCESSES
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , December 1984 , pp. 915 - 919
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1984 

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References

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