Transient, Steady-State, and Ruin Probabilities of Markov and Gambling Models

Alan Krinik, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA. Randall J. Swift, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA. Jennifer M. Switkes, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

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