Error bounds for arbitrary approximations of “nearly reversible” Markov chains and a communications example

Nico M. van Dijk

Kybernetika (1997)

  • Volume: 33, Issue: 2, page 171-184
  • ISSN: 0023-5954

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Dijk, Nico M. van. "Error bounds for arbitrary approximations of “nearly reversible” Markov chains and a communications example." Kybernetika 33.2 (1997): 171-184. <http://eudml.org/doc/27457>.

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