Matrix valued orthogonal polynomials arising from group representation theory and a family of quasi-birth-and-death processes

SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 741-761

  Grunbaum, F Alberto ^a   De La Iglesia, Manuel D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Block tridiagonal transition matrix; Markov chains; Matrix valued orthogonal polynomials; Quasi birth and death processes

Indexed keywords

BLOCK TRIDIAGONAL TRANSITION MATRIX; GROUP REPRESENTATION THEORY; INVARIANT DISTRIBUTION; JACOBI MATRIX; MARKOV CHAINS; MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE; MATRIX; MATRIX VALUED ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIAL; PARAMETER VALUES; QUASI-BIRTH-AND-DEATH PROCESS; QUASI-BIRTH-AND-DEATH PROCESSES; SPHERICAL FUNCTIONS; TRANSITION PROBABILITY MATRIX;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 59349119754     PISSN: 08954798     EISSN: 10957162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070697604     Document Type: Article

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