Finite birth-and-death models in randomly changing environments

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Gaver, Donald Paul
Jacobs, Patricia A.
Latouche, G. (Guy)
Subjects
stochastic processes
birth-and-death processes, system reliability
system availability
search theory
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Date of Issue
1982-02
Date
1982-02
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
This report provides computational methods for studying properties of birth-death processes whose transition rates (infinitesimal generator) varies in accordance with a random, 'environmental', process. In particular, the models may be used to represent the availability fo redundant systems subject to external shocks or other 'common cause' failures. These models also represent search for an object when the search environment (e.g. weather) varies randomly in time. (Author)
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Technical Report
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/29873
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NPS55-82-007
Sponsors
Office of Naval Research
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N0001481WR10001
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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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