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An explicit solution to a particular Markov chain of M/G/1 type

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Abstract

A Markov chain of M/G/1 type, which arose in a problem of communications engineering, is analyzed by a combination of matrix analysis and appropriate series expansions. The highly explicit results obtainable for this model owe much to analytic methods introduced by Professor Takács. Special features of the numerical implementation of the proposed solution are also discussed. The simplifications proper to this model can also be used in some related, more complex models to be discussed elsewhere.

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Type
Part 6 Stochastic Processes
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1994 

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