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 ...

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 ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We have two aims in this paper. First, we generalize the well-known theory of matrix-geometric methods of Neuts to more complicated Markov ...

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