Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science · 2008 · 16 citations · 11 references
EngineeringMathematicsDynamical SystemsProbability TheoryStochastic ProcessesBirth-death ProcessesBranching ProcessesLaw Of Large NumbersMarkov ChainsMarkov ProcessesRandom WalksBranching Random WalksGalton-watson ProcessesIdentically Distributed Random VariablesMultitype Branching ProcessesRandom Walk ModelsRandom Walks In Random EnvironmentSurvival Probability
We investigate a multi-type Galton-Watson process in a random environment generated by a sequence of independent identically distributed random variables. Suppose that the associated random walk constructed by the logarithms of the Perron roots of the reproduction mean matrices has negative mean and assuming some additional conditions, we find the asymptotics of the survival probability at time $n$ as $n \to \infty$.
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