Accession Number:

AD0652589

Title:

TOTAL POSITIVITY AND FIRST PASSAGE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

MICHIGAN STATE UNIV EAST LANSING DEPT OF STATISTICS

Personal Author(s):

• Wang,Peter C. C.

Report Date:

1967-05-29

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

Characterization of the sign reverse rule of order 2 Markov matrix is given and totally positive and sign reverse rules are studied through a Markov process and its associated first passage probability distribution functions. Author

Descriptors:

• (*STATISTICAL PROCESSES
• THEORY)
• PROBABILITY
• FUNCTIONS(MATHEMATICS)
• MATHEMATICS

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE