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On approximations to the densities and moments of a class of stochastic systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

F. Kozin†
Affiliation:
Purdue University and University College London

Extract

This paper is concerned with a study of a class of stochastic processes that we shall call weakly non-deterministic.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1963

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