A canonical representation for aggregated Markov processes

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 313-324

  Larget, Bret ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregated Markov process; Canonical representation; Equivalence; Hidden Markov model; Identifiability; Minimal parameterization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032390087     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021900200014972     Document Type: Article

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