 
                                                                                | Article ID: | iaor2004679 | 
| Country: | United States | 
| Volume: | 19 | 
| Issue: | 2 | 
| Start Page Number: | 269 | 
| End Page Number: | 285 | 
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 | 
| Journal: | Communications in Statistics - Stochastic Models | 
| Authors: | Craven B.D. | 
| Keywords: | stochastic processes | 
A Markov process in discrete time is perturbed by a small parameter. A perturbation theory is constructed, both for a time-dependent process, and for a stationary state. Some queueing applications are discussed.