TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rubino,Gerardo
AU  - Sericola,Bruno
TI  - Markov chains and dependability theory
SN  - 9781107007574 (hardback)
U1  - 519.233 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge ;    
PB  - Cambridge University Press,       
KW  - Markov processes
N1  - 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;

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N2  - This book covers fundamental and applied results of Markov chain analysis for the evaluation of dependability metrics, for graduate students and researchers
ER  -