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Poisson theorem for non-homogeneous Markov chains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Janusz Pawłowski*
Affiliation:
University of Wroclaw
*
Postal address: Institute of Mathematics, University of Wrocław, Pl. Grunwaldzki 2/4, 50–384 Wrocław, Poland.

Abstract

This paper gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the convergence in distribution of sums of the 0–1 Markov chains to a compound Poisson distribution.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1989 

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