Population dynamics is impacted by the continual movement


Population dynamics is impacted by the continual movement of people who are seeking betterquality of life or better employment. The city of Mobile has an inner-city population, a suburbanpopulation, and a surrounding rural population. The census taken in 10-year intervals shows that 10%of the rural population move to the suburbs and 5% to the inner city. For the suburban population, 30% move to rural areas and 15% to the inner city. Inner city population would not move intosuburbs, but 20% of them move to the quiet rural life. (a) Express the population dynamics as a Markov Chain. (b) If the greater mobile area currently includes 20,000 rural residents, 100,000 suburbanites, and30,000 inner-city inhabitants, what will the population distribution be in 10 years? In 20 years? (c) Determine the long-run population picture of Mobile.

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