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Biometrika 1972 59(3):533-538; doi:10.1093/biomet/59.3.533
© 1972 by Biometrika Trust
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Nonparametric estimation of the age of a Galton-Watson branching process

KENNY S. CRUMP and RICHARD B. HOWE

Louisiana Tech University

Some properties are developed for some nonparametric estimators of the age of a Galton-Watson branching process. A Monte-Carlo simulation shows that these estimators compare favourably with a parametric estimator studied earlier by Stigler (1970).

Key Words: Branching process • Galton -Watson process • Age of population • Estimation in stochastic processes • Monte-Carlo comparison of estimates


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