On the entropy for semi-Markov processes

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1060-1068

  Girardin, Valerie ^a   Limnios, Nikolaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Entropy rate; Pure jump Markov process; Relative entropy; Semi Markov process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442323001     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1067436100     Document Type: Article

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