Approximations of quasi-stationary distributions for Markov chains

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 31, Issue 10-12, 2000, Pages 69-79

  Breyer, L A ^a   Hart, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditioned processes; Limiting conditional distributions; subinvariant measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034701978     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(00)00073-X     Document Type: Article

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