Relaxed functional iteration techniques for the numerical solution of M/G/1 type Markov chains

BIT Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 510-526

  Favati, Paola ^a   Meini, Beatrice ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional iterations; M G 1 type matrices; Markov chains; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009175765     PISSN: 00063835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02510257     Document Type: Article

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