On estimating the variance of the offspring distribution in a simple branching process

DOI10.2307/1426225zbMath0305.60044OpenAlexW4246270972MaRDI QIDQ4061774

Christopher C. Heyde

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Advances in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1426225

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Point estimation (62F10) Strong limit theorems (60F15) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

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