lain what is meant by the term 'branching process . (Uxford 1974) e nth generation of...
9. Consider the Branching Process {Xn,n = 0,1,2,3,...} where Xn is the population size at the nth generation. Assume P(Xo = 1) = 1 and that the probability generating function of the offspring distribution is common A(z) (z3322z + 4) 10 (а) If gn 3 P(X, — 0) for n %3D 0, 1,..., write down an equation relating ^n+1 and qn. 0,1,2 Hence otherwise, evaluate qn for n= or (b) Find the extinction probability q = lim00 n 6 marks]...
Problem 1-5
1. If X has distribution function F, what is the distribution function of e*? 2. What is the density function of eX in terms of the densitv function of X? 3. For a nonnegative integer-valued random variable X show that 4. A heads or two consecutive tails occur. Find the expected number of flips. coin comes up heads with probability p. It is flipped until two consecutive 5. Suppose that PX- a p, P X b 1-p, a...