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Author / Creator:Norris, J. R. (James R.)
Imprint:Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Description:xvi, 237 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge series on statistical and probabilistic mathematics
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2606742
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ISBN:0521481813 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-233) and index.

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505 0 0 |g 1.  |t Discrete-time Markov chains.  |t 1.1 Definition and basic properties.  |t 1.2 Class structure.  |t 1.3 Hitting times and absorption probabilities.  |t 1.4 Strong Markov property.  |t 1.5 Recurrence and transience.  |t 1.6 Recurrence and transience of random walks.  |t 1.7 Invariant distributions.  |t 1.8 Convergence to equilibrium.  |t 1.9 Time reversal.  |t 1.10 Ergodic theorem.  |t 1.11 Appendix: recurrence relations.  |t 1.12 Appendix: asymptotics for n! --  |g 2.  |t Continuous-time Markov chains I.  |t 2.1 Q-matrices and their exponentials.  |t 2.2 Continuous-time random processes.  |t 2.3 Some properties of the exponential distribution.  |t 2.4 Poisson processes.  |t 2.5 Birth processes.  |t 2.6 Jump chain and holding times.  |t 2.7 Explosion.  |t 2.8 Forward and backward equations.  |t 2.9 Non-minimal chains.  |t 2.10 Appendix: matrix exponentials --  |g 3.  |t Continuous-time Markov chains II.  |t 3.1 Basic properties.  |t 3.2 Class structure.  |t 3.3 Hitting times and absorption probabilities.  |t 3.4 Recurrence and transience.  |t 3.5 Invariant distributions.  |t 3.6 Convergence to equilibrium.  |t 3.7 Time reversal.  |t 3.8 Ergodic theorem --  |g 4.  |t Further theory.  |t 4.1 Martingales.  |t 4.2 Potential theory.  |t 4.3 Electrical networks.  |t 4.4 Brownian motion --  |g 5.  |t Applications.  |t 5.1 Markov chains in biology.  |t 5.2 Queues and queueing networks.  |t 5.3 Markov chains in resource management.  |t 5.4 Markov decision processes.  |t 5.5 Markov chain Monte Carlo --  |g 6.  |t Appendix: probability and measure.  |t 6.1 Countable sets and countable sums.  |t 6.2 Basic facts of measure theory.  |t 6.3 Probability spaces and expectation.  |t 6.4 Monotone convergence and Fubini's theorem.  |t 6.5 Stopping times and the strong Markov property.  |t 6.6 Uniqueness of probabilities and independence of [omega]-algebras. 
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