A note on expected hitting times for birth and death chains

JoséLuis Palacios and Prasad Tetali

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1996, vol. 30, issue 2, 119-125

Abstract: Using the electric network approach, we give closed form formulas for the expected hitting times in (finite and infinite) birth and death chains.

Keywords: Effective; resistance; Birth; and; death; chains; Ehrenfest; urn (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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