Markov chain

or Mar·koff chain

[ mahr-kawf ]

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noun

Statistics.

a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.

Markov chain

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statistics a sequence of events the probability for each of which is dependent only on the event immediately preceding it

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First recorded in 1940–45; Markov process

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C20: named after Andrei Markov (1856–1922), Russian mathematician

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