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the Akamba domestic cycle as Markovian process
Author(s) -
FJELLMAN STEPHEN M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1977.4.4.02a00070
Subject(s) - markov process , process (computing) , markov chain , position (finance) , simple (philosophy) , kenya , computer science , sociology , econometrics , mathematical economics , economics , epistemology , mathematics , statistics , political science , law , philosophy , machine learning , finance , operating system
This paper presents a Markov chain process as a model of the change in the domestic position over time of a group of Kenyan Akamba women. A simple explanation of the Markovian process is presented. The suggestion is made that such processes may aid an ethnographer in describing and understanding social change. A brief description of changes in household composition is included.
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