Markov chain

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Markov chain (plural Markov chains)

  1. (probability theory) A discrete-time stochastic process containing a Markov property.
    • 2004 July 27, F. Keith Barker et al., “Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation”, in PNAS, page 11040, column 2:
      The probability density of the Bayseian posterior was estimated by Metropolis-coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo, with multiple incrementally heated chains.

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  • discrete-time Markov chain

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