Continuous Time Markov Chains: Transition Probabilities and Kolmogorov Equations

Busy machine

Q = rbind(
  c(-2, 2),
  c(10, -10)
)
t = 1 / 60
  
10 / 12 + 2 / 12 * exp(-12 * t)
[1] 0.9697885
10 / 12 - 10 / 12 * exp(-12 * t)
[1] 0.1510577
library(expm)
Loading required package: Matrix

Attaching package: 'expm'
The following object is masked from 'package:Matrix':

    expm
expm(Q * 1 / 60)
          [,1]       [,2]
[1,] 0.9697885 0.03021154
[2,] 0.1510577 0.84894229
t = 1 / 6
  
10 / 12 + 2 / 12 * exp(-12 * t)
[1] 0.8558892
10 / 12 - 10 / 12 * exp(-12 * t)
[1] 0.7205539
expm(Q * 1 / 6)
          [,1]      [,2]
[1,] 0.8558892 0.1441108
[2,] 0.7205539 0.2794461
t = 1
  
10 / 12 + 2 / 12 * exp(-12 * t)
[1] 0.8333344
10 / 12 - 10 / 12 * exp(-12 * t)
[1] 0.8333282
expm(Q * 1)
          [,1]      [,2]
[1,] 0.8333344 0.1666656
[2,] 0.8333282 0.1666718
t = 2

10 / 12 + 2 / 12 * exp(-12 * t)
[1] 0.8333333
10 / 12 - 10 / 12 * exp(-12 * t)
[1] 0.8333333
expm(Q * 2)
          [,1]      [,2]
[1,] 0.8333333 0.1666667
[2,] 0.8333333 0.1666667

Machine repair

Q = [[-0.2, 0.05, 0.15],
     [   0,   -1,    1],
     [ 1.5, 0.5,    -2]]

pi0 = [1, 0, 0]

states = [1, 2, 3]

X = ContinuousTimeMarkovChain(Q, pi0, states)
plt.figure();
X[1 / 60].sim(10000).plot()
plt.show();

Q = rbind(
  c(-0.2, 0.05, 0.15),
  c(0, -1, 1),
  c(1.5, 0.5, - 2)
)

expm(Q * 1 / 60)
             [,1]         [,2]        [,3]
[1,] 0.9967031105 0.0008353086 0.002461581
[2,] 0.0002046696 0.9835394306 0.016255900
[3,] 0.0245475853 0.0081381834 0.967314231
expm(Q * 1.5 / 60)
             [,1]        [,2]        [,3]
[1,] 0.9950815971 0.001254325 0.003664078
[2,] 0.0004564517 0.975461238 0.024082310
[3,] 0.0364886266 0.012063978 0.951447396
expm(Q * 1)
          [,1]       [,2]       [,3]
[1,] 0.8821068 0.04523439 0.07265883
[2,] 0.2909738 0.44448084 0.26454534
[3,] 0.6295971 0.14682136 0.22358158
plt.figure();
X[10].sim(10000).plot()
plt.show();

expm(Q * 10)
          [,1]       [,2]      [,3]
[1,] 0.8000763 0.09328615 0.1066376
[2,] 0.7994811 0.09365426 0.1068647
[3,] 0.7998819 0.09340639 0.1067117