Editors’ Summary for the Special Issue: Proceedings of the 24th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics
Accurate calculations of Stationary Distributions and Mean First Passage Times in Markov Renewal Processes and Markov Chains
This article describes an accurate procedure for computing the mean first passage times of a finite irreducible Markov chain and a Markov renewal process. The method is a refinement to the Kohlas, Zeit fur Oper Res, 30, 197–207, (1986) procedure. The technique is numerically stable in that it doesn’t involve subtractions. Algebraic expressions for the special cases of one, two, three and four states are derived.Aconsequence of the procedure is that the stationary distribution of the embedded Markov...
Why the Kemeny Time is a constant
We present a new fundamental intuition forwhy the Kemeny feature of a Markov chain is a constant. This new perspective has interesting further implications.
The computation of stationary distributions of Markov chains through perturbations.
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