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On Quasi-Stationary distributions in absorbing discrete-time finite Markov chains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. N. Darroch  and
E. Seneta
J. N. Darroch
Affiliation:
University of Michigan
E. Seneta
Affiliation:
Australian National University
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Abstract

The time to absorption from the set T of transient states of a Markov chain may be sufficiently long for the probability distribution over T to settle down in some sense to a “quasi-stationary” distribution. Various analogues of the stationary distribution of an irreducible chain are suggested and compared. The reverse process of an absorbing chain is found to be relevant.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , June 1965 , pp. 88 - 100
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Copyright © Sheffield: Applied Probability Trust 

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