NUMERICAL-METHODS IN MARKOV-CHAIN MODELING

成果类型:
Article
署名作者:
PHILIPPE, B; SAAD, Y; STEWART, WJ
署名单位:
University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; North Carolina State University
刊物名称:
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
ISSN/ISSBN:
0030-364X
DOI:
10.1287/opre.40.6.1156
发表日期:
1992
页码:
1156-1179
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摘要:
This paper describes and compares several methods for computing stationary probability distributions of Markov chains. The main linear algebra problem consists of computing an eigenvector of a sparse, nonsymmetric matrix associated with a known eigenvalue. It can also be cast as a problem of solving a homogeneous, singular linear system. We present several methods based on combinations of Krylov subspace techniques, single vector power iteration/relaxation procedures and acceleration techniques. We compare the performance of these methods on some realistic problems.