Accession Number:

AD0679584

Title:

SEMI-MARKOV PROCESSES: A PRIMER

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Fox, Bennett

Report Date:

1968-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

46.0

Abstract:

Marrying renewal processes and Markov chains yields semi-Markov processes the former are special cases of the latter. This expository Memorandum outlines some of the main properties of the union.

Descriptors:

• *PROBABILITY
• *STATISTICAL PROCESSES
• OPTIMIZATION
• LINEAR PROGRAMMING
• DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
• MEASURE THEORY
• INVENTORY CONTROL
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• QUEUEING THEORY

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Operations Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE