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The convergence of a position-dependent branching process used as an approximation to a model describing the spread of an epidemic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
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A supercritical position-dependent Markov branching process has been used as an approximation to a model describing the initial geographical spread of a measles epidemic (Bartlett (1956)). Let α be its Malthusian parameter, ß its velocity of propagation, Z(A, t) the number of individuals in the set A at time t, and A√(ßt) = [√(ßt) r: r ∈ A]. The mean square convergence of the random variable W(A, t)= e–αtZ(A√(ßt), t) to a limit variable W(A) is established.
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