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Main Authors: Uemura, Kyoya, Obuch, Tomoyuki, Tanaka, Toshiyuki
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15502
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author Uemura, Kyoya
Obuch, Tomoyuki
Tanaka, Toshiyuki
author_facet Uemura, Kyoya
Obuch, Tomoyuki
Tanaka, Toshiyuki
contents We study asymptotic properties of supercritical Galton-Watson (GW) branching processes in the asymptotic where the mean of the offspring distribution approaches 1 from above. We show that the population-size distribution of the GW branching processes at a sufficiently large generation in this asymptotic can be approximated by a compound Poisson-gamma distribution. Numerical experiments revealed that the compound Poisson-gamma models were in good agreement with the corresponding GW models for sufficiently large generations under a reasonable parameter regime. Our results can be regarded as supporting the use of the compound Poisson-gamma model as a model for cascaded multiplication processes, such as detection signals of electron multipliers and population sizes of individuals with specific biological characteristics.
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spellingShingle Approximate Modeling for Supercritical Galton-Watson Branching Processes with Compound Poisson-Gamma Distribution
Uemura, Kyoya
Obuch, Tomoyuki
Tanaka, Toshiyuki
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We study asymptotic properties of supercritical Galton-Watson (GW) branching processes in the asymptotic where the mean of the offspring distribution approaches 1 from above. We show that the population-size distribution of the GW branching processes at a sufficiently large generation in this asymptotic can be approximated by a compound Poisson-gamma distribution. Numerical experiments revealed that the compound Poisson-gamma models were in good agreement with the corresponding GW models for sufficiently large generations under a reasonable parameter regime. Our results can be regarded as supporting the use of the compound Poisson-gamma model as a model for cascaded multiplication processes, such as detection signals of electron multipliers and population sizes of individuals with specific biological characteristics.
title Approximate Modeling for Supercritical Galton-Watson Branching Processes with Compound Poisson-Gamma Distribution
topic Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15502