Abstract:
By the work of Williams
3 and Hou
4, we know that
Q-processes are not unique when
Q-matrix
Q=(
qij) contains instantaneous states. But honest
Q-processes are not so. In fact, Chen
5 has given an honest
Q-matrix
Q=(q
ij) with only one instantaneous state, whose honest
Q-process is unique. Furthermore, in 8, Fei gave the criteria for the uniqueness of honest
Q-processes with only one instantaneous state. This paper is an extension of the results in 8. We give the criteria for the uniqueness of honest
Q-processes with finitely many instantaneous states.