diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/matrix/StochasticMatrix.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/matrix/StochasticMatrix.java
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+package com.thealgorithms.matrix;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class to check whether a matrix is stochastic.
+ * A matrix is stochastic if all its elements are non-negative
+ * and the sum of each row or column is equal to 1.
+ *Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_matrix
+ */
+public final class StochasticMatrix {
+
+    private static final double TOLERANCE = 1e-9;
+
+    private StochasticMatrix() {
+        // Utility class
+    }
+    /**
+     * Checks if a matrix is row-stochastic.
+     *
+     * @param matrix the matrix to check
+     * @return true if the matrix is row-stochastic
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if matrix is null or empty
+     */
+    public static boolean isRowStochastic(double[][] matrix) {
+        validateMatrix(matrix);
+
+        for (double[] row : matrix) {
+            double sum = 0.0;
+            for (double value : row) {
+                if (value < 0) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                sum += value;
+            }
+            if (Math.abs(sum - 1.0) > TOLERANCE) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if a matrix is column-stochastic.
+     *
+     * @param matrix the matrix to check
+     * @return true if the matrix is column-stochastic
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if matrix is null or empty
+     */
+    public static boolean isColumnStochastic(double[][] matrix) {
+        validateMatrix(matrix);
+
+        int rows = matrix.length;
+        int cols = matrix[0].length;
+
+        for (int j = 0; j < cols; j++) {
+            double sum = 0.0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
+                if (matrix[i][j] < 0) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                sum += matrix[i][j];
+            }
+            if (Math.abs(sum - 1.0) > TOLERANCE) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static void validateMatrix(double[][] matrix) {
+        if (matrix == null || matrix.length == 0 || matrix[0].length == 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Matrix must not be null or empty");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/matrix/StochasticMatrixTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/matrix/StochasticMatrixTest.java
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+package com.thealgorithms.matrix;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class StochasticMatrixTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testRowStochasticMatrix() {
+        double[][] matrix = {{0.2, 0.5, 0.3}, {0.1, 0.6, 0.3}};
+        assertTrue(StochasticMatrix.isRowStochastic(matrix));
+        assertFalse(StochasticMatrix.isColumnStochastic(matrix));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testColumnStochasticMatrix() {
+        double[][] matrix = {{0.4, 0.2}, {0.6, 0.8}};
+        assertTrue(StochasticMatrix.isColumnStochastic(matrix));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInvalidMatrix() {
+        double[][] matrix = {{0.5, -0.5}, {0.5, 1.5}};
+        assertFalse(StochasticMatrix.isRowStochastic(matrix));
+    }
+}