The Algebraic Degree of Phase-Type Distributions

DOI10.1239/jap/1285335399zbMath1200.60015WikidataQ58645455 ScholiaQ58645455MaRDI QIDQ4933189

Mark Fackrell, Qi-Ming He, Han-Qin Zhang, Peter G. Taylor

Publication date: 12 October 2010

Published in: Journal of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1239/jap/1285335399

zbMATH Keywords

phase-type distribution; algebraic degree; matrix-analytic method; rational Laplace-Stieltjes transform

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60E05: Probability distributions: general theory

15A09: Theory of matrix inversion and generalized inverses

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