Extinction in a branching process: why some of the fittest strategies cannot guarantee survival

DOI10.1186/2195-5832-1-10zbMath1323.92186arXiv1209.2074OpenAlexW2591850658WikidataQ59401029 ScholiaQ59401029MaRDI QIDQ499761

Steffen Klaere, Sterling Sawaya

Publication date: 6 October 2015

Published in: Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2074

zbMATH Keywords

extinctionbranching process\(s\)-convex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

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