| Literature DB >> 26622074 |
Forrest W Crawford1, Timothy C Stutz2, Kenneth Lange3.
Abstract
Birth-death processes are continuous-time Markov counting processes. Approximate moments can be computed by truncating the transition rate matrix. Using a coupling argument, we derive bounds for the total variation distance between the process and its finite approximation.Entities:
Year: 2016 PMID: 26622074 PMCID: PMC4662656 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2015.10.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Stat Probab Lett ISSN: 0167-7152 Impact factor: 0.870