Abstract
We develop asymptotic results for the two-state random walk, which can be regarded as a generalization of the continuous-time random walk. The two-state random walk is one in which a particle can be in one of two states for random periods of time, each of the states having different spatial transition probabilities. When the sojourn times in each of the states and the second moments of transition probabilities are finite, the state probabilities have an asymptotic Gaussian form. Several known asymptotic results are reproduced, such as the Gaussian form for the probability density of position in continuous-time random walks, the time spent in one of these states, and the diffusion constant of a two-state diffusing particle.
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Weiss, G.H. The two-state random walk. J Stat Phys 15, 157–165 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01012035
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