Abstract
Branching processes are special Markov chains with infinitely many states. The states are nonnegative integers that usually represent the number of members of a population. Each of these members, before dying, leaves behind a random (possibly zero) number of offspring. This is repeated by the offspring themselves, from generation to generation, leading to either a population explosion or its ultimate extinction.
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Vrbik, J., Vrbik, P. (2013). Branching Processes. In: Informal Introduction to Stochastic Processes with Maple. Universitext. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4057-4_4
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