A continuous-time population model with poisson recruitment
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Applied Probability
- Vol. 13 (02) , 348-354
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021900200094419
Abstract
A continuous-time model of a multigrade system is developed, which includes Poisson arrivals, interaction between grades and a leaving process. It therefore constitutes a continuous-time analogue of Pollard's hierarchical population model with Poisson recruitment. An expression is found for the first and second moments of grade size at any time. A general formulation of the joint probability generating function of the numbers in each grade is given, and the limiting distribution of grade size is shown to be Poisson.Keywords
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