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Wasserstein-$1$ distance and nonuniform Berry-Esseen bound for a supercritical branching process in a random environment

Probability 2025-12-08 v2 Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

Let (Zn)n0 (Z_{n})_{n\geq 0} be a supercritical branching process in an independent and identically distributed random environment. We establish an optimal convergence rate in the Wasserstein-11 distance for the process (Zn)n0 (Z_{n})_{n\geq 0} , which completes a result of Grama et al. [Stochastic Process. Appl., 127(4), 1255-1281, 2017]. Moreover, an exponential nonuniform Berry-Esseen bound is also given. At last, some applications of the main results to the confidence interval estimation for the criticality parameter and the population size ZnZ_n are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2307.01084,
  title  = {Wasserstein-$1$ distance and nonuniform Berry-Esseen bound for a supercritical branching process in a random environment},
  author = {Hao Wu and Xiequan Fan and Zhiqiang Gao and Yinna Ye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.01084},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Corrected typos, updated publication information. 19 pages, published in "Journal of Mathematical Research with Applications" (ISSN: 2095-2651), 2023, 43(6): 737-753