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Coupling methods and the storage equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Wilfrid S. Kendall*
Affiliation:
University of Hull
*
Postal address: Department of Mathematical Statistics, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K.

Abstract

Coupling methods are applied to the study of the storage equation with stationary input. Results on the existence of statistical equilibria are obtained. Means of obtaining rate-of-convergence estimates are indicated.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1983 

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Footnotes

Part of this research was carried out while visiting CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Melbourne, Australia.

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