On some integral equations for the evaluation of first-passage-time densities of time-inhomogeneous birth-death processes

•First passage densities for time-inhomogeneous birth-death (BD) chains and restricted BD processes.•Volterra integral equations.•Computational algorithms.•Extinction density and busy period density.•Polya BD process.•Gompertz BD process.•Linear BD processes with immigration.•M(t)/M(t)/∞ queueing sy...

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Vydáno v:Applied mathematics and computation Ročník 422; s. 126993
Hlavní autoři: Giorno, Virginia, Nobile, Amelia G.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Elsevier Inc 01.06.2022
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ISSN:0096-3003, 1873-5649
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Shrnutí:•First passage densities for time-inhomogeneous birth-death (BD) chains and restricted BD processes.•Volterra integral equations.•Computational algorithms.•Extinction density and busy period density.•Polya BD process.•Gompertz BD process.•Linear BD processes with immigration.•M(t)/M(t)/∞ queueing system.•M(t)/M(t)/1 queueing system. New integral equations are proposed to determine first-passage-time densities for time-inhomogeneous birth-death processes. Such equations, particularly suitable for computational purposes, are also used to obtain closed-form expressions for the first-passage-time densities of special birth-death processes of interest in various application fields.
ISSN:0096-3003
1873-5649
DOI:10.1016/j.amc.2022.126993