A geometric invariant in weak lumpability of finite Markov chains

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 847-858

  Ledoux, James ^a  

^a INSA DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Positive invariance of cones; States aggregation

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBABILITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATE SPACE METHODS;

POLYHEDRAL CONES; WEAK LUMPABILITY;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 0031295098     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021900200101561     Document Type: Article

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