Stochastic Matrix
المؤلف:
Poole, D. G.
المصدر:
"The Stochastic Group." Amer. Math. Monthly 102,
الجزء والصفحة:
798-801
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Stochastic Matrix
A stochastic matrix, also called a probability matrix, probability transition matrix, transition matrix, substitution matrix, or Markov matrix, is matrix used to characterize transitions for a finite Markov chain, Elements of the matrix must be real numbers in the closed interval [0, 1].
A completely independent type of stochastic matrix is defined as a square matrix with entries in a field
such that the sum of elements in each column equals 1. There are two nonsingular
stochastic matrices over
(i.e., the integers mod 2),
There are six nonsingular stochastic
matrices over
,
In fact, the set
of all nonsingular stochastic
matrices over a field
forms a group under matrix multiplication. This group is called the stochastic group.
The following tables give the number of distinct stochastic matrices (and distinct nonsingular stochastic matrices) over
for small
.
 |
stochastic matrices over  |
| 2 |
1, 4, 64, 4096, ... |
| 3 |
1, 9, 729, ... |
| 4 |
1, 16, 4096, ... |
 |
stochastic nonsingular matrices over  |
| 2 |
1, 2, 24, 1440, ... |
| 3 |
1, 6, 450, ... |
| 4 |
1, 12, 3108, ... |
REFERENCES:
Poole, D. G. "The Stochastic Group." Amer. Math. Monthly 102, 798-801, 1995.
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