Quasi-stationary distribution for the birth-death process with exit boundary

被引:5
作者
Gao, Wu-Jun [1 ]
Mao, Yong-Hua [1 ]
机构
[1] Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Math Sci, Lab Math & Complex Syst, Minist Educ, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
关键词
Birth-death process; Quasi-stationary distribution; Exit boundary; Duality; Spectral representation; h-Transform; TIME MARKOV-CHAINS; CONVERGENCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jmaa.2015.02.030
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
We prove that there exists a unique quasi-stationary distribution for the minimal birth-death process with exit boundary. A spectral representation for the quasi-stationary distribution is also obtained. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:114 / 125
页数:12
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