Phase-type distributions and representations: Some results and open problems for system theory

DOI10.1080/0020717031000114986zbMath1042.60044OpenAlexW2070952175MaRDI QIDQ4443282

Stéphane Mocanu, Christian Commault

Publication date: 2003

Published in: International Journal of Control (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020717031000114986

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability distributions: general theory (60E05) Stochastic systems in control theory (general) (93E03) Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces (60J27)

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