An algorithm to calculate transient distributions of cumulative rate and impulse based reward

Communications in Statistics. Part C: Stochastic Models

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 509-536

  De Souza E Silva, Edmundo ^a   Gail, H Richard ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0242394012     PISSN: 08820287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15326349808807486     Document Type: Article

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