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Galton-Watson process: a standalone construct

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Probability theory

branching process in which each individual independently produces a random number of offspring, used to study the extinction or growth of lineages.

In probability theory, Galton-Watson process refers to branching process in which each individual independently produces a random number of offspring, used to study the extinction or growth of lineages. This meaning comes from Watson (1875) in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.[1]

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References

Watson, H. W., & Galton, F. (1875). On the Probability of the Extinction of Families. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 4, 138. https://doi.org/10.2307/2841222

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