On inferring the number of phases in a coxian phase-type distribution

DOI10.1080/15326349808807479zbMath0928.60082OpenAlexW2025528517MaRDI QIDQ4385229

Malcolm J. Faddy

Publication date: 9 January 2000

Published in: Communications in Statistics. Stochastic Models (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15326349808807479

zbMATH Keywords

phase-type distributionseigenvalues of transition rate matrixparameter redundanciesrate parameter estimation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Queues and service in operations research (90B22)

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