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Markov chains and dependability theory / Gerardo Rubino and Bruno Sericola.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2014.Description: viii, 278 p. : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781107007574 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 519.233 23 R896
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Discrete time Markov chains; 3. Continuous time Markov chains; 4. State aggregation; 5. Sojourn times in subsets of states; 6. Occupation times of subsets of states-interval availability; 7. Linear combination of occupation times- performability; 8. Stationary detection; 9. Simulation techniques; 10. Bounding techniques; References-- Index.
Summary: This book covers fundamental and applied results of Markov chain analysis for the evaluation of dependability metrics, for graduate students and researchers.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.

1. Introduction;
2. Discrete time Markov chains;
3. Continuous time Markov chains;
4. State aggregation;
5. Sojourn times in subsets of states;
6. Occupation times of subsets of states-interval availability;
7. Linear combination of occupation times- performability;
8. Stationary detection;
9. Simulation techniques;
10. Bounding techniques;

References--
Index.

This book covers fundamental and applied results of Markov chain analysis for the evaluation of dependability metrics, for graduate students and researchers.

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