Accession Number:

ADA010087

Title:

The Distribution of Sojourn Times in Finite Absorbing Markov Chains.

Descriptive Note:

Technical summary rept.,

Corporate Author:

WISCONSIN UNIV MADISON MATHEMATICS RESEARCH CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Nagylaki,Thomas

Report Date:

1975-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

The distribution of the time spent before absorption in various states of finite Markov chains with time-independent transition probabilities is derived. All the moments of this distribution are calculated. The problem is of interest in population genetics.

Descriptors:

• *MARKOV PROCESSES
• PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS
• SAMPLING
• GENETICS

Subject Categories:

• Biology
• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE