Abstract
This research focuses on stochastic modeling of the evolution over time of biological populations through branching processes. We introduce a new class of discrete time two-sex branching processes with random mating and overlapping generations. Mating and reproduction are considered to be influenced by the numbers of females and males existing in the population. This evolution over time with generational overlap is a novel research in two-sex branching process literature. We study general probabilistic properties and establish some limiting results of biological interest.
Funding statement: This research has been supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain, grant PID2019-108211GB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the reviewers for providing corrections and comments which have improved this paper.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- 80th Jubilee of Professor Nikolay Yanev
- My 55 Years in Stochastics
- On Subcritical Markov Branching Processes with a Specified Limiting Conditional Law
- Galton–Watson Theta-Processes in a Varying Environment
- Population Dependent Two-Sex Branching Process with Random Mating and Overlapping Generations
- Critical Multitype Branching Processes with Random Migration
- Branching Processes Under Nonstandard Conditions