A symbolic algorithm for optimal Markov chain lumping

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4424 LNCS, Issue , 2007, Pages 139-164

  Derisavi, Salem ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BINARY DECISION DIAGRAMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

OPTIMAL MARKOV CHAIN LUMPING; SYMBOLIC ALGORITHM; SYMBOLIC LUMPING ALGORITHM;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 37149031413     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71209-1_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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