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A note on random walks. II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

T. P. Speed
T. P. Speed*
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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Abstract

The various duality results existing for two-barrier random walks are unified. Particular cases in the literature involving reflecting and reversing are deduced as corollaries.

Keywords

RANDOM WALKDUALITYREVERSINGREFLECTINGLADDER INDICES
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 1973 , pp. 218 - 222
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1973 

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