Matching moments for acyclic discrete and continuous phase-type distributions of second order

International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 47-56

  Telek, M ^a,b   Heindl, A ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrete and continuous; Moment bounds; Moment fitting; PH type distributions

Indexed keywords

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

CONTINUOUS PHASE TYPE DISTRIBUTIONS; DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS; LOW-ORDER MOMENTS; MOMENT BOUNDS; MOMENT FITTING; PHASE TYPE DISTRIBUTIONS; STATE SPACE CONSTRAINTS; THREE PARAMETERS;

PH;

EID: 84925164788     PISSN: 14738031     EISSN: 1473804X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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