Quasi-birth-and-death processes with level-geometric distribution

SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 281-291

  Dayar, Tuǧrul ^a   Quessette, Franck ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERSAILLES   (France)

Author keywords

Geometric distributions; Markov chains; Quasi birth and death processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037281578     PISSN: 08954798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S089547980138914X     Document Type: Article

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