Rates of convergence of stochastically monotone and continuous time Markov models

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 359-373

  Roberts, G O ^a,c   Tweedie, R L ^b,d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov chain; Markov process; Rates of convergence; Stochastic monotonicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034196166     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1014842542     Document Type: Article

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