On the periodicity of non-homogeneous Markov chains and systems

DOI10.1016/j.laa.2015.01.017zbMath1329.60258OpenAlexW2051534052MaRDI QIDQ2261568

P.-C. G. Vassiliou

Publication date: 6 March 2015

Published in: Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2015.01.017

zbMATH Keywords

periodicitystochastic matricesinfinite productsnon-homogeneous Markov chainsmanpower systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) (60J10) Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Manpower systems in sociology (91D35) Stochastic matrices (15B51)

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