Synopsis
Preface.- Notation.- Preliminaries on Stochastic Processes.- Martingales and More General Markov Processes.- Phase-type Distributions.- Matrix-exponential Distributions.- Renewal Theory.- Random Walks.- Regeneration and Harris Chains.- Multivariate Distributions.- Markov Additive Processes.- Markovian Point Processes.- Some Applications to Risk Theory.- Statistical Methods for Markov Processes.- Estimation of Phase-type Distributions.- Bibliographic Notes.- Appendix.
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