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A probabilistic model describing tracer transport in multiphase spatially inhomogeneous transport (plug-flow) systems is presented. The properties of the trajectories are completely described by a two-component Markov process with absorbing boundaries. The first component is continuous, the second discrete. Infinitesimal conditions are given. Probabilities associated with the process are derived.
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Rappaport, D., Dayan, J. A probabilistic model for tracer distribution in multiphase spatially inhomogeneous transport systems. J Stat Phys 11, 481–501 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01008891
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