Branching Processes in Biology

Branching Processes in Biology by Marek Kimmel, David E. Axelrod.

This book provides a theoretical background of branching processes and discusses their biological applications. Branching processes are a well-developed and powerful set of tools in the field of applied probability. The range of applications considered includes molecular biology, cellular biology, h...

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Main Authors: Kimmel, Marek (Author), Axelrod, David E. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:2nd ed. 2015.
Series:Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, 19
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Biomathematics.
Statistics .
Probabilities.
Bioinformatics.
Cell biology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Motivating Examples and Other Preliminaries
  • Biological Background
  • The Galton-Watson Process
  • The Age-Dependent Process: Markov Case
  • The Bellman-Harris Process
  • Multitype Processes
  • Branching Processes with Infinitely Many Types
  • Genealogies of Branching Processes and their Applications
  • References.

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