Definition of Markov chain

1. Noun. A Markov process for which the parameter is discrete time values.

Exact synonyms: Markoff Chain
Generic synonyms: Markoff Process, Markov Process

Definition of Markov chain

1. Noun. (probability theory) A discrete-time stochastic process with the Markov property. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Markov Chain

Mark Clark
Mark Hopkins
Mark Rothko
Mark Tobey
Mark Twain
Mark Wayne Clark
Markab
Markan
Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad
Markie
Markland
Markoff
Markoff chain
Markoff process
Markov
Markov chain
Markov chains
Markov jump process
Markov process
Markova
Markovian
Markowitz
Marks
Marks and Sparks
Markus
Marky
Marla
Marlboro
Marlborough
Marlburian

Literary usage of Markov chain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Statistics in Molecular Biology and Genetics: Selected Proceedings of a 1997 by Françoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch (1999)
"The challenging part is to approximate the posterior, and we do this by constructing a markov chain having the posterior as its invariant distribution, ..."

2. Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Key Scientific Issues by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Posterior markov chain Monte Carlo simulation was used to implement Bayesian posterior inference—again, a natural choice and almost a compulsory consequence ..."

3. State of the Art in Probability and Statistics: Festschrift for Willem R by Mathisca de Gunst, Chris Klaassen, A. W. van der Vaart (2001)
"Associated with the estimation problem and the improper prior is a symmetric markov chain. It is shown that if the markov chain is recurrent, ..."

4. Spatial Statistics and Imaging by Antonio Possolo (1991)
"Let Xi, X?, ... be a stationary markov chain with r + 1 states, 1 < r < oo. (With more notation the results of this section extend to countable-state chains ..."

5. Statistics, Probability, and Game Theory: Papers in Honor of David Blackwell by David Blackwell, Thomas Shelburne Ferguson, Lloyd S. Shapley, James B. MacQueen (1996)
"We have a markov chain with finite state space and known initial state, ... A state of a markov chain is called recurrent if the probability that it is ..."

6. Statistical Inference from Genetic Data on Pedigrees by Elizabeth A. Thompson (2000)
"Chapter 8 markov chain Monte Carlo on Pedigrees 8.1 Simulation conditional on data: MCMC Equation (7.10) gave the likelihood for a genetic model on a ..."

7. Inequalities in Statistics and Probability: Proceedings of the Symposium on by Yung Liang Tong (1984)
"A central limit theorem for processes defined on a finite markov chain. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 60547-567. KEILSON, J. and WISHART, DMG (1967). ..."

8. A Festschrift for Herman Rubin by Anirban DasGupta, Herman Rubin (2004)
"In the current markov chain context, here is a "one-set" condition that implies ... Suppose the markov chain W with state space 0 and transition function ..."

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