is.irreducible: 1. TEST REDUCIBILITY OF THE MATRIX

Description Usage Arguments Author(s)

Description

This function tests whether a matrix is reducible or irreducible. IT WILL ONLY RELIABLY WORK FOR NONNEGATIVE MATRICES (e.g. PPMs). It works on the basis that for any matrix A, (I+A)^(s-1) where I is the identity matrix and s is equal to the order of the matrix is positive (Caswell 2001). The function returns the condition "TRUE: Irreducible" or "FALSE: Reducible".

Usage

1

Arguments

x

a square nonnegative matrix

Author(s)

Iain Stott, 9.1.2009


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