Applications of the continuous-time ballot theorem to Brownian motion and related processes

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-176

  Schweinsberg, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

60J25; 60J75; Ballot theorem; Brownian excursion; Brownian motion; Fragmentation processes; Primary 60G51; Secondary 60C05

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042092647     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4149(01)00097-7     Document Type: Article

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