Generalized integrated telegraph processes and the distribution of related stopping times

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 497-507

  Zacks, S ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating renewal process; Compound Poisson; Telegraph process; Upper and lower crossing times

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242778558     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1082999081     Document Type: Article

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