%0 Journal Article %T Stability analysis of positive semi-Markovian jump linear systems with state resets %A Masaki Ogura %A Clyde F. Martin %J Mathematics %D 2013 %I arXiv %R 10.1137/130925177 %X This paper studies the mean stability of positive semi-Markovian jump linear systems. We show that their mean stability is characterized by the spectral radius of a matrix that is easy to compute. In deriving the condition we use a certain discretization of a semi-Markovian jump linear system that preserves stability. Also we show a characterization for the exponential mean stability of continuous-time positive Markovian jump linear systems. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the results. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.2720v3