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AbstractThe paper puts forward steady-state Markov chain models for the Heine and Euler distributions. The models for oil exploration strategies that were discussed by Benkherouf and Bather (1988) are reinterpreted as current-age models for discrete renewal processes. Steady-state success-runs processes with non-zero probabilities that a trial is abandoned, Foster processes, and equilibrium random walks corresponding to elective M/M/1 queues are also examined.
q-ANALOGUES; SUCCESS-RUNS; FOSTER PROCESS; ELECTIVE M/M/1 QUEUE