Root estimation in Galton-Watson trees

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Main Authors: Brandenberger, Anna M., Devroye, Luc, Goh, Marcel K.
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Published: 2020
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author Brandenberger, Anna M.
Devroye, Luc
Goh, Marcel K.
author_facet Brandenberger, Anna M.
Devroye, Luc
Goh, Marcel K.
contents Given only the free-tree structure of a tree, the root estimation problem asks if one can guess which of the free tree's nodes is the root of the original tree. We determine the maximum-likelihood estimator for the root of a free tree when the underlying tree is a size-conditioned Galton-Watson tree and calculate its probability of being correct.
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spellingShingle Root estimation in Galton-Watson trees
Brandenberger, Anna M.
Devroye, Luc
Goh, Marcel K.
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Given only the free-tree structure of a tree, the root estimation problem asks if one can guess which of the free tree's nodes is the root of the original tree. We determine the maximum-likelihood estimator for the root of a free tree when the underlying tree is a size-conditioned Galton-Watson tree and calculate its probability of being correct.
title Root estimation in Galton-Watson trees
topic Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.05681