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Some duality results for a class of multivariate semi-markov processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. Janssen*
Affiliation:
Université Libre de Bruxelles
J. M. Reinhard*
Affiliation:
Université Libre de Bruxelles
*
Postal address: Departement de Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, C.P. 210, Campus Plaine, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.
Postal address: Departement de Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, C.P. 210, Campus Plaine, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.

Abstract

The duality results well known for classical random walk and generalized by Janssen (1976) for (J-X) processes (or sequences of random variables defined on a finite Markov chain) are extended to a class of multivariate semi-Markov processes. Just as in the classical case, these duality results lead to connections between some models of risk theory and queueing theory.

Type
Research Paper
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1982 

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