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Computing the stationary distribution for infinite Markov chains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

E. Seneta*
Affiliation:
(University of Sydney)

Abstract

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Type
Ninth Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Evanston, Illinois, 6–10 August 1979
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1980 

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