Markov Chains : Gibbs Fields, Monte Carlo Simulation and Queues /

This 2nd edition is a thoroughly revised and augmented version of the book with the same title published in 1999. The author begins with the elementary theory of Markov chains and very progressively brings the reader to more advanced topics. He gives a useful review of probability, making the book s...

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Main Author: Brémaud, Pierre (Author)
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:2nd ed. 2020.
Series:Texts in Applied Mathematics, 31
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