Accession Number:

AD0649094

Title:

TOTAL POSITIVITY OF SOME FUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MARKOV BRANCHING PROCESSES.

Descriptive Note:

Technical summary rept.,

Corporate Author:

WISCONSIN UNIV MADISON MATHEMATICS RESEARCH CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Wang,P. C.-C.
• Bharucha-Reid,A. T.

Report Date:

1966-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

Total positivity of the transition probabilities P sub ijt in the variables i and j implies the total positivity of the generating function F sub is,t in the variables i and s. The converse is also considered. Author

Descriptors:

• (*DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
• REAL VARIABLES)
• STATISTICAL PROCESSES
• FUNCTIONS(MATHEMATICS)

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE