Waiting time problems for patterns in a sequence of multi-state trials

Bara Kim; Jeongsim Kim; Jerim Kim

doi:10.3390/math8111893

Waiting time problems for patterns in a sequence of multi-state trials

Bara Kim, Jeongsim Kim, Jerim Kim

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In this paper, we investigate waiting time problems for a finite collection of patterns in a sequence of independent multi-state trials. By constructing a finite GI/M/1-type Markov chain with a disaster and then using the matrix analytic method, we can obtain the probability generating function of the waiting time. From this, we can obtain the stopping probabilities and the mean waiting time, but it also enables us to compute the waiting time distribution by a numerical inversion.

Original language	English
Article number	1893
Pages (from-to)	1-16
Number of pages	16
Journal	Mathematics
Volume	8
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/math8111893
Publication status	Published - 2020 Nov

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Funding: The first author’s research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2020R1A2B5B01001864). The second author’s research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2020R1F1A1A01065568).

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Keywords

Matrix analytic method
Pattern
Sooner waiting time
Stopping probability

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