Wasserstein-1 Distance and Nonuniform Berry-Esseen Bound for a Supercritical Branching Process in a Random Environment

Hao Wu, Xiequan Fan, Zhiqiang Gao, Yinna Ye*

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Abstract

Let (Zn)n≥0 be a supercritical branching process in an independent and identically distributed random environment. We establish an optimal convergence rate in the Wasserstein-1 distance for the process (Zn)n≥0, which completes a result of Grama et al. [Stochastic Process. Appl., 2017, 127(4): 1255–1281]. Moreover, an exponential nonuniform Berry-Esseen bound is also given. At last, some applications of the main results to the confidence interval estimation for the criticality parameter and the population size Zn are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)737-753
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of Mathematical Research with Applications
Volume43
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Branching processes
  • Nonuniform Berry-Esseen bounds
  • Random environment
  • Wasserstein-1 distance

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