Probabilistic model checking and Markov decision processes (MDPs) form two interlinked branches of formal analysis for systems operating under uncertainty. These techniques offer a mathematical ...

Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 20, No. 2, Recent Developments in Business Cycle Analysis (2005), pp. 253-274 (22 pages) The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of using a ...

Understanding the structural mechanisms of protein–ligand binding and their dependence on protein sequence and conformation is of fundamental importance for biomedical research. Here we investigate ...

When considering a nonhomogeneous Markov chain one often desires an intermediate hypothesis between constancy and free variation of transition probabilities. It is shown that some interesting and ...