A coupling technique for stochastic comparison of functions of Markov processes

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-64

  Doisy, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Coupling; Markovian Petri Nets; Reliability; Stochastic Comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002045889     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1173912600000031     Document Type: Review

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