Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1-1-1970

Abstract

In [5] the homogeneous process X(t) defined on a finite irreducible Markov chain P(t) was studied. The process was characterized by an overall transition rate v per unit time, and P the matrix of transition probabilities for the chain and a linear growth for X(t) dependent on the chain; viz. d/dt X(t) = v•. The central limit behavior of the process was exhibited in [5]. For the case when the chain had only two states, the ruin and ergodic problems were considered in [4] for the bounded process. The object of this paper is to investigate the ruin and ergodic problems for the process of [5] in the presence of boundaries. We repeat the description of the process. Our interest lies in the two dimensional Markov process {X(t), R(t)} where --∞

Keywords

Operations research, Ergodic theory, Markov processes, Stochastic processes, Boundary value problems, Mathematical models

Publication Title

Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Issue

Technical memorandum no. 174

Rights

This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use

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