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A formula for singular perturbations of Markov chains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Jean B. Lasserre*
Affiliation:
LAAS-CNRS
*
Postal address: LAAS-CNRS, 7 Avenue du Colonel Roche, 31 077 Toulouse Cédex, France.

Abstract

We give formulas for updating both the steady-state probability distribution and the fundamental matrices of a singularly perturbed Markov chain. This formula generalizes Schweitzer's regular perturbation formulas to the case of singular perturbations.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1994 

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