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Level-crossing problems are encountered in a number of stochastic processes such as queueing, dams, inventory and in the cumulative sum (CUSUM) charts of statistical quality control. Approximate computational methods, using Markov chains to determine expected first-crossing times in CUSUM charts, are reviewed and extended to more general stochastic processes, and examples are given. Formulas are...