On symbolic RG factorization of quasi-birth-and-death processes (Q1939049)

The paper considers quasi-birth-and-death-processes with generators of the form \[ Q = \left[ \begin{matrix} {{B_0}} & {{A_0}} & {} & {} & \\ {{C_1}} & {{B_1}} & {{A_1}} & {} & \\ {} & {{C_2}} & {{B_2}} & {{A_2}} \\ {} & {} & \ddots & \ddots&\ddots\\ \end{matrix} \right] \] where \({A_l}\), \({B_l}\), \({C_l}\) are matrices. In Section 2, the paper provides a review of RG factorizations for quasi-birth-and-death-processes. The rest of the paper contains factorization results for Rawanishi`s model and retrial queues.