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On a generalization of gamma processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Erhan Çinlar*
Affiliation:
Northwestern University
*
Postal address: Technological Institute, Room 1744, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60201, U.S.A.

Abstract

We introduce a class of increasing processes with independent increments that reduce to gamma processes under the further condition of stationarity. Each such process can be reduced to a simple gamma process by a stochastic integral transformation. Applications to deformation laws of materials such as concrete are mentioned.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1980 

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Footnotes

Research supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Systems Command, USAF, under Grant No. AFOSR–74–2733.

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