Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Citation:
Pliska Studia Mathematica Bulgarica, Vol. 20, No 1, (2011), 135p-148p
Abstract:
We consider the class of two-sex branching processes with offspring and mating depending on the number of couples in the population introduced in Molina et al. (2008). In addition to its theoretical interest, this class also has clear practical implications, especially in population dynamics. We investigate its extinction probability and limiting behavior. By considering different probabilistic approaches, necessary and sufficient conditions for its almost sure extinction are determined. Assuming the nonextinction, some limiting results are derived.