Selected Topics on Stochastic Modelling

Stochastic analysis of Q-matrix, K.L. Chung the palm measure of a Poissonified stationary point process, M.F. Neuts methods of growth functions formulation, C.H. Skiadas a stochastic transition model for the spread of tuberculosis, F. Abad et al an aggregation and decomposition method for solving a special type of very large Markov chains, R. Alves a maximum entropy analysis of the M/G/1 queue with constant repeated attempts, J.R. Artalejo and M. Martin probabilistic interpretation of short-term earthquake precursors in non-stationary conditions, E. Guagenti et al sequential tests for linear hypotheses about the mean of a multidimensional Gaussian process, P. Ibarrola and R. Velez random vibration of nonlinear shear buildings under earthquake excitations, A. Matos. (Part contents).