Re: Estimating Transition Probabilities

[William Waites <ww () styx org>]

Apologies for replying to myself.

> > > I wrote:

    ww>                              C_ij A_j
    ww>           P_ij = lambda_i --------------
    ww>                           Sum_k C_jk A_k

The first factor in  the sum in should be C_ik, not  C_jk. There is no
imbedded chain,  nor "skew" in  the  equation. There  was  skew in  my
reasoning.  ;)  It  also means  that  lambda_i == 1 --  it is  already
normalized. 

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