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A simple random walk on parallel axes moving at different rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

V. Barnett
V. Barnett*
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University of Bath *
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Abstract

Prompted by a rivulet model for the flow of liquid through packed columns we consider a simple random walk on parallel axes moving at different rates. A particle may make one of three transitions at each time instant: to the right or to the left on the axis it was on at the previous time instant, or across to the other axis. Results are obtained for the unrestricted walk, and for the walk with absorbing, or reflecting, end-points.

Keywords

SIMPLE RANDOM WALKRANDOM WALK ON MOVING AXESMODELS FOR LIQUID FLOW

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1975, pp. 466 - 476
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1975 

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