transition matrices

A form of transition matrix — 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 ith row and jth column describes the probability of moving from state i to state j in one time step.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of transition matrix
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