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.

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Main Authors: Gustafson Karl, Hunter Jeffrey J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2016-03-01
Series:Special Matrices
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/spma.2016.4.issue-1/spma-2016-0016/spma-2016-0016.xml?format=INT
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spelling doaj-b6f237293f634e01bfc4794f9b2afc512021-10-02T09:50:28ZengDe GruyterSpecial Matrices2300-74512016-03-014110.1515/spma-2016-0016spma-2016-0016Why the Kemeny Time is a constantGustafson Karl0Hunter Jeffrey J.1Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80309- 0395, USADepartment of Mathematical Sciences, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of TechnologyWe present a new fundamental intuition forwhy the Kemeny feature of a Markov chain is a constant. This new perspective has interesting further implications.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/spma.2016.4.issue-1/spma-2016-0016/spma-2016-0016.xml?format=INTMarkov chainsMixing Kemeny constant
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author Gustafson Karl
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Why the Kemeny Time is a constant
Special Matrices
Markov chains
Mixing
Kemeny constant
author_facet Gustafson Karl
Hunter Jeffrey J.
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title Why the Kemeny Time is a constant
title_short Why the Kemeny Time is a constant
title_full Why the Kemeny Time is a constant
title_fullStr Why the Kemeny Time is a constant
title_full_unstemmed Why the Kemeny Time is a constant
title_sort why the kemeny time is a constant
publisher De Gruyter
series Special Matrices
issn 2300-7451
publishDate 2016-03-01
description We present a new fundamental intuition forwhy the Kemeny feature of a Markov chain is a constant. This new perspective has interesting further implications.
topic Markov chains
Mixing
Kemeny constant
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