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Comparison on the criticality parameters for two supercritical branching processes in random environments

Probability 2023-06-21 v2 Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

Let {Z1,n,n0}\{Z_{1,n} , n\geq 0\} and {Z2,n,n0}\{Z_{2,n}, n\geq 0\} be two supercritical branching processes in different random environments, with criticality parameters μ1\mu_1 and μ2\mu_2 respectively. It is known that 1nlnZ1,nμ1\frac{1}{n} \ln Z_{1,n} \rightarrow \mu_1 and 1mlnZ2,mμ2\frac{1}{m} \ln Z_{2,m} \rightarrow \mu_2 in probability as m,n.m, n \rightarrow \infty. In this paper, we are interested in the comparison on the two criticality parameters. To this end, we prove a non-uniform Berry-Esseen's bound and Cram\'{e}r's moderate deviations for 1nlnZ1,n1mlnZ2,m\frac{1}{n} \ln Z_{1,n} - \frac{1}{m} \ln Z_{2,m} as m,n.m, n \rightarrow \infty. An application is also given for constructing confidence interval for μ1μ2\mu_1-\mu_2.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2205.09551,
  title  = {Comparison on the criticality parameters for two supercritical branching processes in random environments},
  author = {Xiequan Fan and Haijuan Hu and Hao Wu and Yinna Ye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.09551},
  year   = {2023}
}

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38 pages

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