Residence time densities for non-Markovian systems. (I). The two-state system

M Boguñá, A.m Berezhkovskii and G.h Weiss

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2000, vol. 282, issue 3, 475-485

Abstract: We study dynamical system which makes transitions between two states at random times. We analyze properties of the cumulative time τ spent by the system in a given state up to time T. When the probability density for the residence time in a single sojourn in the given state differs from a negative exponential the system will be non-Markovian. Simple analytical expressions are derived for the Laplace transform with respect to T of moments of the cumulative residence time. An exact Fourier–Laplace transform of the probability densities for τ at a fixed T are also found. It can be inferred from this expression, that at sufficiently large T the probability densities tend towards a Gaussian. The parameters that define the Gaussian are also given.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00091-1

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