Testing lumpability in Markov chains

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-23

  Jernigan, Robert W ^a   Baran, Robert H ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chi squared tests; Lumpability; Markov chain; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942565533     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(03)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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