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First-passage times in skip-free processes
AbstractWe derive simple criteria to ensure the finiteness of the mean first-passage times into semi-infinite sets for real-valued skip-free processes, which move by random jumps in one direction and deterministically, for a random time, in the other. These criteria are applied to state-dependent queueing systems, to give finiteness of the mean of the busy period, and to a self-correcting birth process
List of Oregon Scolytidae (Coleoptera) and notes on new records
Volume: 52Start Page: 373End Page: 37