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On aggregated Markov processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Donald R. Fredkin and
John A. Rice
Donald R. Fredkin*
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
John A. Rice*
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
∗∗ Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Abstract

A finite-state Markov process is aggregated into several groups. What can be learned about the underlying process from the aggregated one? We provide some partial answers to this question.

Keywords

LUMPINGGROUPINGIDENTIFIABILITYCHANNEL GATING KINETICS

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Short Communications
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , March 1986, pp. 208 - 214
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1986 

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