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 matrixsocial mobilitydiscrete Markov chaineigenvalue measureimmobility measures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to social sciences (62P25) 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) Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Mathematical sociology (including anthropology) (91D99)

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