AbstractThe generation time is commonly defined as the mean age of mothers at birth. In matrix population models, a general formula is available to compute this quantity. However, it is complex and ...

Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Jun., 2001), pp. 519-541 (23 pages) We study the convergence of certain matrix sequences that arise in quasi-birth-and-death (QBD) Markov chains and we ...

Cancer cell migration patterns are critical for understanding metastases and clinical evolution. Breast cancer spreads from one organ system to another via hematogenous and lymphatic routes. Although ...

Markov Models for disease progression are common in medical decision making (see references below). The parameters in a Markov model can be estimated by observing the time it takes patients in any ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I closely examine an innovative way of ...