Markov chains with exponentially small transition probabilities: First exit problem from a general domain. II: The general case.

DOI10.1007/BF02174126zbMath1081.60542MaRDI QIDQ1593469

Elisabetta Scoppola, Enzo Olivieri

Publication date: 16 January 2001

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

large deviations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60J27: Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces

60J50: Boundary theory for Markov processes

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