A structured condition number for Kemeny's constant
J Breen, S Kirkland - SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 2019 - SIAM
SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 2019•SIAM
Kemeny's constant is an interesting and useful quantifier describing the global average
behavior of a Markov chain. In this article, we examine the sensitivity of Kemeny's constant to
perturbations in the transition probabilities. That is, we consider the problem of generating a
condition number for Kemeny's constant to give an indication of the size of the change in its
value relative to the size of the perturbation. We provide a structured condition number and
determine some illuminating upper and lower bounds which connect the conditioning of …
behavior of a Markov chain. In this article, we examine the sensitivity of Kemeny's constant to
perturbations in the transition probabilities. That is, we consider the problem of generating a
condition number for Kemeny's constant to give an indication of the size of the change in its
value relative to the size of the perturbation. We provide a structured condition number and
determine some illuminating upper and lower bounds which connect the conditioning of …
Kemeny's constant is an interesting and useful quantifier describing the global average behavior of a Markov chain. In this article, we examine the sensitivity of Kemeny's constant to perturbations in the transition probabilities. That is, we consider the problem of generating a condition number for Kemeny's constant to give an indication of the size of the change in its value relative to the size of the perturbation. We provide a structured condition number and determine some illuminating upper and lower bounds which connect the conditioning of Kemeny's constant to well-studied condition numbers for the stationary vector of the Markov chain. We also investigate the behavior of this structured condition number for several infinite families of Markov chains.

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