Finite birth-and-death models in randomly changing environments

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Gaver, D.P.
Jacobs, P.A.
LaTouche, G.
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Birth-Death Processes
Markovian Environment
Numerical Methods
Stationary Distributions
First-Passage Times
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1984
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Applied Probability Trust
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An efficient computational approach to the analysis of finite birth-and-death models in a Markovian environment is given. The emphasis is upon obtaining numerical methods for evaluating stationary distributions and moments of first-passage times.
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The article of record as published may be found at https://www.jstor.org/stable/1427338
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/62157
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Operations Research (OR)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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17 p.
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Gaver, D. P., P. A. Jacobs, and Guy Latouche. "Finite birth-and-death models in randomly changing environments." Advances in applied probability 16.4 (1984): 715-731.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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