Current results and open questions on PH and MAP characterization

Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings

Volumn 7461, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bodrog, L ^a   Heindl, A ^b   Horvath A ^c   Horvath G ^a   Telek, M ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canonical Form; Markov Arrival processes; Moment Bounds; Phase Type Distribution

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; CANONICAL FORM; CANONICAL REPRESENTATIONS; FITTING METHOD; MARKOV ARRIVAL PROCESS; MINIMAL REPRESENTATION; MOMENT BOUNDS; PHASE TYPE DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84883442509     PISSN: 18624405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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