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Stationary distributions of open Markov processes in discrete time with application to hospital planning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

P. J. Staff  and
M. K. Vagholkar
P. J. Staff
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales
M. K. Vagholkar
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales
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Suppose that a new hospital is to be planned or an existing one reorganized according to the modern Progressive Patient Care System (Hartley et al. (1968)). In this system, there are three types of wards, viz.

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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 1971 , pp. 668 - 680
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1971 

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