Birth--death processes with piecewise constant rates

Annette Kopp-Schneider

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1992, vol. 13, issue 2, 121-127

Abstract: This paper derives the probability distribution and extinction probabilities for a birth--death process with piecewise constant rates. Such processes are used to model various biological phenomena. The results are applied to multistage models of carcinogenesis incorporating clonal expansion.

Keywords: Birth--death; process; multistage; model; initiation/promotion; experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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