Quasi-stationary distributions for a class of discrete-time Markov chains

DOI10.1007/s11009-006-0424-yzbMath1106.60064OpenAlexW2066988799MaRDI QIDQ861541

Pauline Coolen-Schrijner, Erik A. van Doorn

Publication date: 29 January 2007

Published in: Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-006-0424-y

zbMATH Keywords

Rate of convergenceAbsorption probabilityBirth-death process with killingDecay parameterQuasi-stationarity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) (60J10) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

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