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Stochastic Matrices


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A given matrix $ P\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ is called stochastic if $ p_{i,j}\ge 0$ and

$\displaystyle \sum_{j=1}^n p_{i,j} = 1,\quad i=1,\ldots,n\,
.
$

Stochastic matrices describe the change of probabilities $ x_i$ according to

$\displaystyle x'_j = \sum_i x_i p_{i,j}\,
.
$

(Authors: App/Burkhardt/Höllig)

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  automatically generated 7/ 8/2004