TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sericola,Bruno
TI  - Markov chains: theory, algorithms and applications 
T2  - Applied stochastic methods series
SN  - 9781848214934
U1  - 519.233 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London ; NJ
PB  - ISTE ; John Wiley
KW  - Markov processes
KW  - Markov chain
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-393) and index; Preface --
Chapter 1. Discrete time Markov chains --
Chapter 2. Continuous time Markov Chains --
Chapter 3. Birth-death process --
Chapter 4. Equalization --
Chapter 5. Queues --
 Appendices --
 Bibliography --
 Index
N2  - This book presents a thorough treatment of the theory of denumerable Markov chains, both in discrete and in continuous time. In continuous time, it carefully examines the explosion phenomenon and the Kolmogorov equations. It then applies these results to birth and death processes
ER  -