Eigenvalue immobility measures for Markov chains1

DOI10.1080/0022250X.1979.9989891zbMath0413.92015MaRDI QIDQ3048647

Paul Sommers, John Conlisk

Publication date: 1979

Published in: The Journal of Mathematical Sociology (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

transition matrix; social mobility; discrete Markov chain; eigenvalue measure; immobility measures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P25: Applications of statistics to social sciences

60J10: Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces)

60J20: Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.)

15A18: Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors

91D99: Mathematical sociology (including anthropology)

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