On the use of Lyapunov function methods in renewal theory

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 165-178

  Konstantopoulos, Takis ^a   Last, Günter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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EID: 0000722730     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4149(98)00068-4     Document Type: Article

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