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On an approximation made when analysing stochastic processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Byron J. T. Morgan
Affiliation:
University of Kent, Canterbury
John P. Hinde
Affiliation:
University of Kent, Canterbury

Abstract

We investigate the effect of a particular mode of approximation by means of four examples of its use; in each case the model approximated is a Markov process with discrete states in continuous time.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1976 

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