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Markov chain

Syllabification: (Mar·kov chain)
Pronunciation: /ˈmärˌkôf, -ˌkôv/

(also Markov model)
Definition of Markov chain

noun

Statistics
  • a stochastic model describing a sequence of possible events in which the probability of each event depends only on the state attained in the previous event.

Origin:

mid 20th century: named after Andrei A. Markov (1856–1922), Russian mathematician

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