Deterministic Approximation of a Sequence of Nearly Critical Branching Processes

Abstract We consider a sequence of discrete time nearly critical branching processes with time-dependent immigration. Using a martingale approach, we prove that when the immigration mean tends to infinity depending on the time of immigration, the suitable normalized sequence can be approximated in Skorokhod metric by a deterministic process. Consequences related to the maxima and the total progeny of the process will be discussed.

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