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Monotone matrices and monotone Markov processes

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  • Keilson, Julian
  • Kester, Adri

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A stochastic matrix is "monotone" [4] if its row-vectors are stochastically increasing. Closure properties, characterizations and the availability of a second maximal eigenvalue are developed. Such monotonicity is present in a variety of processes in discrete and continous time. In particular, birth-death processes are monotone. Conditions for the sequential monotonicity of a process are given and related inequalities presented.

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  • Keilson, Julian & Kester, Adri, 1977. "Monotone matrices and monotone Markov processes," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 5(3), pages 231-241, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spapps:v:5:y:1977:i:3:p:231-241
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