##  [Birth–Death Process](/birth-death-process) 

  ##  [Birth–Death Process](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/birth-death-process-0) 

  

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Definition

A special class of continuous-time Markov chains on the nonnegative integers where transitions only occur between neighboring states n → n+1 (birth) or n → n−1 (death) with state-dependent birth rates λ_n and death rates μ_n.