On a species survival model
Anastasios Matzavinos (Iowa State University)
Alexander Roitershtein (Iowa State University)
Abstract
In this paper we provide some sharp asymptotic results for a stochastic model of species survival recently proposed by Guiol, Machado, and Schinazi.
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Pages: 226-233
Publication Date: April 18, 2011
DOI: 10.1214/ECP.v16-1625
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