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A note on coupling of birth and death processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Torgny Lindvall
Torgny Lindvall*
Affiliation:
University of Göteborg
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematics, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Göteborg, Fack, S–402 20 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Abstract

The purpose of this note is to show how well the coupling device is fitted for use in the study of birth and death process asymptotics: known achievements get new proofs, and new results on rate of ‘forgetfulness of initial state' and stochastic domination are established.

Keywords

COUPLINGSBIRTH AND DEATH PROCESSESRATE RESULTSSTOCHASTIC DOMINATION

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 1979, pp. 505 - 512
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1979 

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