On the α-Classification of Birth-Death and Quasi-Birth-Death Processes

DOI10.1080/15326340600820364zbMath1141.60051OpenAlexW2102459043MaRDI QIDQ5446500

Erik A. van Doorn

Publication date: 6 March 2008

Published in: Stochastic Models (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

orthogonal polynomialsspectral measureassociated polynomialsdecay parameterKarlin-McGregor representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

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