Editor's note: As the following article is a chapter (Chapter 8) from David Koenig's book, Practical Control Engineering: Guide for Engineers, Managers, and Practitioners (MATLAB Examples) (McGraw ...

Various discrete-time stochastic processes have some kind of recursive or regenerative structure that can be exploited in the study of their properties. Examples include branching processes, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The duel in which the contestant on each side has a fixed kill probability and a random (continuous) time between firings has been previously ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . The purpose of The Annals of Probability is to publish contributions to the theory of probability and statistics and their applications. The emphasis ...