We are interested in the dynamic of a structured branching population where the trait of each individual moves according to a Markov process. The rate of division of each individual is a function of its trait and when a branching event occurs, the trait of a descendant at birth depends on the trait of the mother. We prove a law of large numbers for the empirical distribution of ancestral trajectories. It ensures that the empirical measure converges to the mean value of the spine which is a time-inhomogeneous Markov process describing the trait of a typical individual along its ancestral lineage. Our approach relies on ergodicity arguments for this time-inhomogeneous Markov process. We apply this technique on the example of a size-structured population with exponential growth in varying environment.
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DOI : 10.1051/ps/2018029
Keywords: Branching Markov processes, law of large numbers, time-inhomogeneous Markov process, ergodicity
Marguet, Aline 1
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Marguet, Aline. A law of large numbers for branching Markov processes by the ergodicity of ancestral lineages. ESAIM: Probability and Statistics, Tome 23 (2019), pp. 638-661. doi: 10.1051/ps/2018029
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