Markov chain
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nounDefinition of MARKOV CHAIN
: a usually discrete stochastic process (as a random walk) in which the probabilities of occurrence of various future states depend only on the present state of the system or on the immediately preceding state and not on the path by which the present state was achieved —called also Markoff chain
Origin of MARKOV CHAIN
A. A. Markov †1922 Russian mathematician
First Known Use: 1938
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