On ordered series and later waiting time distributions in a sequence of Markov dependent multistate trials

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 623-642

  Fu, James C ^a   Chang, Yung Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compound pattern; Later waiting time; Markov chain imbedding; Ordered series pattern; Probability generating function; Transition probability matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242676838     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1059060892     Document Type: Article

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