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Publication
Communications in Statistics. Part C: Stochastic Models
Paper
A functional central limit theorem for Markov additive processes with an application to the closed Lu-Kumar network
Abstract
A functional central limit theorem for a class of time-homogeneous continuous-time Markov processes (X,Y) is proved. The process X is a positive recurrent Markov process on a countable-state space and the process Y has conditionally independent increments given X. The pair (X,Y) is called a Markov additive process. This paper unifies and generalizes several functional central limit theorems for Markov additive processes. An explicit expression for the variance parameter of the limit process is calculated using the local characteristics of the X process. The functional central limit theorem is then used to prove a heavy traffic limit theorem for the closed Lu-Kumar network. Copyright © 2001 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.