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A random tree is a probabilistic system much like a random walk. In a random walk, a particle moves up or down as time progresses in accordance with some stochastic law. A random tree, on the other hand, starts with one particle at time zero, this particle branches into a number of particles, each of which move up or down in accordance with a stochastic law, and at each successive time unit, each existing particle again branches into a number of descendant particles, each of which move up or down according to a stochastic law.
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Gallager, R. (1972). Random Trees and Tree Codes. In: Information Theory and Reliable Communication. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 30. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2945-6_5
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