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Title: Statistical inference for branching processes Speaker: Professor Nikolay Yanev, Department of Probability and Statistics Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia, Bulgaria Time: 10:00am‐11:00am Place: PHY 109
It is well known that branching processes have a lot of applications, in particular in biology and medicine. We will discuss the asymptotic behavior of branching populations having an increasing random number of ancestors. We will present an estimation theory for the mean, variance, and offspring distributions of the processes \(Z_t(n)\) with a random number of ancestors \(Z_0(n)\), as both \(n\) (and thus \(Z_0(n)\) in some sense) and \(t\to\infty\). Non-parametric, consistent, and asymptotically normal estimators will be proposed. Some censored estimators will also be considered. We will show that all results can be transferred to branching processes with immigration, under an appropriate sampling scheme. A software system for simulation and estimation of branching processes will be demonstrated.
Title: Variational comparison method and qualitative analysis of time series Speaker: Professor G. S. Ladde, Department of Mathematics The University of Texas at Arlington Time: 10:00am‐11:00am Place: PHY 109
In this work, the study of convergence and stability analysis of stochastic iterative processes under both structural perturbations is outlined. The random structural perturbations are described by a Markov chain with a finite number of states. Under algebraic conditions on rate functions and an intensity matrix associated with the Markov chain, convergence and stability results are obtained. This is achieved through the development and the introduction of variational comparison theorems in the context of a Lyapunov-like function. Furthermore, hereditary effects and the effects of random structural perturbations are analyzed. The mathematical conditions are algebraically simple, easy to verify, and robust to the parametric changes in the system. Several examples are given to illustrate the usefulness of the technique.