Computable bounds for the decay parameter of a birth-death process

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 476-491

  Sirl, David ^a   Zhang, Hanjun ^a   Pollett, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Approximation; Exponential ergodicity; Quasi stationary distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548038623     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1183667415     Document Type: Article

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