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New bounds for the thermal energy storage process with stationary input

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. Haslett*
Affiliation:
Trinity College, Dublin
*
Postal address: Department of Statistics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Abstract

The process {Xn }, defined by Xn + 1 = max{Yn + 1 + αßX n, ßX n}, with αand ß in [0, 1) and {Yn } stationary, arises in studies of solar thermal energy systems. Bounds for the stationary mean EX are given, which are more general and in some cases tighter, than those previously available.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1982 

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