This book is the first volume of a two-volume monograph devoted to the
study of limit and ergodic theorems for regularly and singularly
perturbed Markov chains, semi-Markov processes, and multi-alternating
regenerative processes with semi-Markov modulation.
The first volume presents necessary and sufficient conditions for weak
convergence for first-rare-event times and convergence in the topology J
for first-rare-event processes defined on regularly perturbed finite
Markov chains and semi-Markov processes. The text introduces new
asymptotic recurrent algorithms of phase space reduction. It also
addresses both effective conditions of weak convergence for
distributions of hitting times as well as convergence of expectations of
hitting times for regularly and singularly perturbed finite Markov
chains and semi-Markov processes.
The book also contains a comprehensive bibliography of major works in
the field. It provides an effective reference for both graduate students
as well as theoretical and applied researchers studying stochastic
processes and their applications.