Froyland, Gary; Stuart, Robyn M. Cheeger inequalities for absorbing Markov chains. (English) Zbl 1351.60091 Adv. Appl. Probab. 48, No. 3, 631-647 (2016). Summary: We construct Cheeger-type bounds for the second eigenvalue of a substochastic transition probability matrix in terms of the Markov chain’s conductance and metastability (and vice versa) with respect to its quasistationary distribution, extending classical results for stochastic transition matrices. MSC: 60J10 Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) Keywords:absorbing Markov chains; transience; substochastic transition matrix; quasistationary distribution; Cheeger constant; conductance; metastability × Cite Format Result Cite Review PDF Full Text: DOI Euclid