Two methods to estimate homogenous Markov processes

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 131-138

  Ocaña Rilola, Ricardo ^a  

^a ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer data; Markov processes; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644362897     PISSN: 15389472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22237/jmasm/1020255480     Document Type: Article

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