English Explanatory Dictionary

right stochastic matrix

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A square matrix whose rows consist of nonnegative real numbers, with each row summing to 1. Used to describe the transitions of a Markov chain; its element in the i'th row and j'th column describes the probability of moving from state i to state j in one time step.

Word forms

right stochastic matrix right stochastic matrices

Etymology

From right + stochastic matrix.

Synonyms

stochastic matrix transition matrix probability matrix

Related words

left stochastic matrix doubly stochastic matrix
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