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. 2018 Mar;120:62–77. doi: 10.1016/j.tpb.2017.12.007

Table 1.

Results of the set analysis in a Markov chain demographic model.

Output Expression Equation
Occupancy time in B

Mean and variance E[τB],Var(τB) (20), (24), (25), (26)
Moments τBk (23)(25)
Distribution (28)(29)

Reaching the set B

Probability to reach pa (39)
Time to reach: tB (41)
Mean and variance E[tB],Var(tB) (43)(44)
Moments tBk (42)
Distribution (45)

Returning to the set B

Probability to return pr (47)
Time to return: μ (48)
Mean and variance E[μ],Var(μ) (53)(54)
Moments μK (97), in the appendix
Distribution (51)(52)

Correlation between the occupancy times in two sets

Correlation CorrτB1,τB2 (86)(36)

Correlation between the occupancy time in B and the longevity

Correlation CorrτB,η (38)