markovchain (version 0.4.4)

ctmc-class: Class "ctmc"

Description

The S4 class that describes ctmc (continuous time Markov chain) objects.

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form new("ctmc", states, byrow, generator, ...).

Warning

Validation method is used to assess whether either columns or rows totals to zero. Rounding is used up to 5th decimal. If state names are not properly defined for a generator matrix, coercing to ctmc object leads to overriding states name with artificial "s1", "s2", ... sequence

References

Introduction to Stochastic Processes with Applications in the Biosciences (2013), David F. Anderson, University of Wisconsin at Madison

See Also

generatorToTransitionMatrix,rctmc

Examples

energyStates <- c("sigma", "sigma_star")
byRow <- TRUE
gen <- matrix(data = c(-3, 3,
                       1, -1), nrow = 2,
              byrow = byRow, dimnames = list(energyStates, energyStates))
molecularCTMC <- new("ctmc", states = energyStates, 
                 byrow = byRow, generator = gen, 
                 name = "Molecular Transition Model")

steadyStates(molecularCTMC)