(a) Show that Approximation 1 of Section 6.8 is equivalent to uniformizing the continuous-time Markov chain with...

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(a) Show that Approximation 1 of Section 6.8 is equivalent to uniformizing the continuous-time Markov chain with a value v such that vt n and then approximating P,(t) by P*".

(b) Explain why the preceding should make a good approximation. Hint: What is the standard deviation of a Poisson random variable with mean n?

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