18.445 | Spring 2015 | Graduate

Introduction to Stochastic Processes

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Galton-Watson tree is a branching stochastic process arising from Fracis Galton’s statistical investigation of the extinction of family names. The process models family names. Each vertex has a random number of offsprings. The figure shows the first four generations of a possible Galton-Watson tree. Image by Dr. Hao Wu.

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A branching Galton-Watson tree.
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Galton-Watson tree is a branching stochastic process arising from Fracis Galton’s statistical investigation of the extinction of family names. The process models family names. Each vertex has a random number of offsprings. The figure shows the first four generations of a possible Galton-Watson tree. (Image by Dr. Hao Wu.)
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Image by Dr. Hao Wu.
A branching Galton-Watson tree.

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