MAS-1 Flashcards
Absorbing
State that cannot be left once it is entered
Accessible
State that can be entered from another state
Communicating
Two states are accessible to each other
Class
A set of communicating states
Irreducible
A chain with only one class
Recurrent
Probability of re-entering state is 1
Transient
Probability of re-entering state is less than 1
Positive recurrent
Finite expected # of transitions for a chain to return to a state given it started in that state.
Null recurrent
Infinite expected # of transitions for a chain to return to a state given it started in that state.
Aperiodic
A chain that has limiting probabilities
Periodic
A chain that does not have limiting probabilities
Canonical Link for Normal
Identity
Canonical Link for Binomial
Logit
Canonical Link for Poisson
Log
Canonical Link for Gamma
Inverse
Canonical Link for Inverse Gaussian
Inverse Squared
