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Estimating the Mean Cover Time of a Semi-Markov Process via Simulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

Erol Peköz
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
Sheldon M. Ross
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720

Abstract

An efficient simulation estimator of the expected time until all states of a finite state semi-Markov process have been visited is determined.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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