eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics 2328-7292 2016-12-23 4 6 173 177 10.12691/ajams-4-6-2 AJAMS2016462 article Michael Gr. Voskoglou mvosk@hol.gr 1 Department of Mathematical Sciences, School of Technological Applications, Graduate Technological Educational Institute (T. E. I.) of Western Greece, Patras, Greece In the present paper an absorbing Markov Chain model is developed for the description of the problem-solving process and through it a measure is obtained for problem-solving skills. Examples are also presented illustrating the model's applicability in practice. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajams/4/6/2/ajams-4-6-2.pdf Problem-Solving (PS) Multidimensional PS Framework (MPSF) Finite Markov Chain (FMC) Absorbing Markov Chain (AMC) Transition Matrix Fundamental Matrix