The many-to-few lemma and multiple spines
Probability
2014-09-12 v4
Abstract
We develop a simple and intuitive identity for calculating expectations of weighted -fold sums over particles in branching processes, generalising the well-known many-to-one lemma.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.4761,
title = {The many-to-few lemma and multiple spines},
author = {Simon C. Harris and Matthew I. Roberts},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.4761},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
17 pages, 1 figure. Update: major rewrite