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The asymmetric multitype contact process

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  • Mountford, Thomas
  • Pantoja, Pedro Luis Barrios
  • Valesin, Daniel

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We study the multitype contact process on Zd under the assumption that one of the types has a birth rate that is larger than that of the other type, and larger than the critical value of the standard contact process. We prove that, if initially present, the stronger type has a positive probability of never going extinct. Conditionally on this event, it takes over a ball of radius growing linearly in time. We also completely characterize the set of stationary distributions of the process and prove a complete convergence theorem.

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  • Mountford, Thomas & Pantoja, Pedro Luis Barrios & Valesin, Daniel, 2019. "The asymmetric multitype contact process," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 129(8), pages 2783-2820.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spapps:v:129:y:2019:i:8:p:2783-2820
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spa.2018.08.006
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    1. Stover, Joseph P., 2020. "A stochastic comparison result for the multitype contact process with unequal death rates," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).

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