absorbing: Function to identify the absorbing states

In ZiqingHo/BasicMC: Formation of transition matrix from raw data, simple analysis and applications of finite-state discrete time-homogeneous Markov Chain

Description

This method is used to identify the absorbing states of a discrete time-homogeneous Markov chain.

Usage

absorbing(trMatrix)

Arguments

trMatrix

Transition matrix of the Markov chain

Value

The absorbing states of the finite-state discrete time-homogeneous Markov Chain

References

Grimmett, G., & Stirzaker, D. (2001). Probability and Random Processes (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Examples

egstate <- c("a", "b", "c")
MC <- matrix(data = c(1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1),
         nrow = 3, byrow = TRUE,
         dimnames = list(egstate, egstate))

absorbing(MC)

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