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Estimates for Expectation of the Maximum of a Critical Galton–Watson Process on a Finite Interval

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Bondarenko, E.M., Topchiī, V.A. Estimates for Expectation of the Maximum of a Critical Galton–Watson Process on a Finite Interval. Siberian Mathematical Journal 42, 209–216 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004838911110

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