For a birth-death process N(t) with a reflecting state at 0 we propose a method able to construct a new birth-death process M(t) defined on the same state-space. The birth and death rates of M(t) depend on the rates of N(t) and on the probability law of the process N(t) evaluated at an exponentially distributed random time. Under a suitable assumption we obtain the conditional probabilities, the mean of the process, and the Laplace transforms of the downward first-passage-time densities of M(t). We also discuss the connection between the proposed method and the notion of v-similarity, as well as a relation between the distribution of M(t) and the steady-state probabilities of N(t) subject to catastrophes governed by a Poisson process. We investigate new processes constructed from (i) a birth-death process with constant rates, and (ii) a linear immigration-death process. Various numerical computations are performed to illustrate the obtained results.
Constructing transient birth-death processes by means of suitable transformations
DI CRESCENZO, Antonio;GIORNO, Virginia;NOBILE, Amelia Giuseppina
2016-01-01
Abstract
For a birth-death process N(t) with a reflecting state at 0 we propose a method able to construct a new birth-death process M(t) defined on the same state-space. The birth and death rates of M(t) depend on the rates of N(t) and on the probability law of the process N(t) evaluated at an exponentially distributed random time. Under a suitable assumption we obtain the conditional probabilities, the mean of the process, and the Laplace transforms of the downward first-passage-time densities of M(t). We also discuss the connection between the proposed method and the notion of v-similarity, as well as a relation between the distribution of M(t) and the steady-state probabilities of N(t) subject to catastrophes governed by a Poisson process. We investigate new processes constructed from (i) a birth-death process with constant rates, and (ii) a linear immigration-death process. Various numerical computations are performed to illustrate the obtained results.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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