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Application of generating functions to a problem in finite dam theory*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

N. U. Prabhu
Affiliation:
Karnatak University, Dharwar, India
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We consider the finite dam model due to Moran, in which the storage {Zt} is known to be a Markov chain. The method of generating functions is used to derive stationary distributions of Zt in the two particular cases where the input is of geometric and negative binomial types.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1959

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