A continuous time Markov chain model for a plantation-nursery system

Gani, Joseph; Stals, Linda

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A continuous time Markov chain model for a plantation-nursery system

Date

2005

Authors

Gani, Joseph

Stals, Linda

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Abstract

This article examines a continuous time Markov chain model for a plantation-nursery system in which diseased plantation trees are replaced at a daily rate λ by nursery seedlings. There is a random infection rate α caused by insects, and the disease is a