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Markov chain

Mar·kov chain [ mr kàwv chàyn ] (plural Mar·kov chains)


noun 
Definition:
 
discrete random process: a random process in which events are discrete rather than continuous, and the future development of each event is independent of all historical events, or dependent only on the immediately preceding event

[See Markov process]
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