Abstract
We prove that for an arbitrary time-homogeneous stochastic process, Kramers’s flux-over-population rate is identical to the inverse of the associated mean first-passage time. In this way the mean first-passage time problem can be treated without making use of the adjoint equation in conjunction with cumbersome boundary conditions.
- Received 16 March 1999
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.60.R1
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