#Markov Chain - Simple # n is the number of rv's to be generated. For the class of 2/2: A template -------------- MCS <- function(n) { PP <- matrix(0, 3, 3) # Transition matrix PP PP[[1, 1]] <- 0.3 PP[[1, 2]] <- 0.4 PP[[1, 3]] <- 0.2 PP[[2, 1]] <- 0.3 PP[[2, 2]] <- 0.3 PP[[2, 3]] <- 0.4 PP[[3, 1]] <- 0.01 PP[[3, 2]] <- 0.01 PP[[3, 3]] <- 0.98 # 2 is the starting state i <- 2 ret <- NULL for(k in 1:n) { xn <- sample(3, 1, prob = as.vector(PP[i, ]), replace = T) ret <- c(ret, xn) i <- xn } return(ret) } #================================= > MCS(400) [1] 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 [38] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 [75] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 [112] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 [149] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 [186] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 [223] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 [260] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 [297] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 [334] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 [371] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3