Nonidentifiability of the two-state markovian arrival process

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 630-649

  Ramírez Cobo, Pepa ^a   Lillo, Rosa E ^b   Wiper, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Identifiability problem; Markov modulated Poisson process; Markovian arrival process; Phase type renewal process

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959730898     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1285335400     Document Type: Article

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