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Question: Consider a Birth-Death process with birth rates {λn} and death rates {µn}, where µ0= 0....

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Consider a Birth-Death process with birth rates {λn} and death rates {µn}, where µ0= 0.

Let Ti: the time, starting from state i, it takes for the process to enter i+1 for the first time, i ≥ 0.

Assume that it is allowed to go below i before reaching i+1. For i > 0, we have two scenarios:

• i -→ i +1,
• i -→ i -1

Denote the random variable 1i, to be the Indicator Function, such that 1i=1 if i -→ i+1; and 1i=0 if i -→ i-1.
Compute E[Ti1(1i=1)] (notice Ti multiplied by the indicator function) by giving details. Hint: relate Ti to Tb;Td, where b and d stand for birth and death.

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