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  2. Examples of Markov chains - Wikipedia

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    A finite-state machine can be used as a representation of a Markov chain. Assuming a sequence of independent and identically distributed input signals (for example, symbols from a binary alphabet chosen by coin tosses), if the machine is in state y at time n , then the probability that it moves to state x at time n + 1 depends only on the ...

  3. Markov chain - Wikipedia

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    A state i is said to be transient if, ... heavy use of Markov chains. An example is using Markov chains ... game fits the Markov chain state when the number of ...

  4. Absorbing Markov chain - Wikipedia

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    A basic property about an absorbing Markov chain is the expected number of visits to a transient state j starting from a transient state i (before being absorbed). This can be established to be given by the (i, j) entry of so-called fundamental matrix N, obtained by summing Q k for all k (from 0 to ∞).

  5. Continuous-time Markov chain - Wikipedia

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    A continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) is a continuous stochastic process in which, for each state, the process will change state according to an exponential random variable and then move to a different state as specified by the probabilities of a stochastic matrix. An equivalent formulation describes the process as changing state according to ...

  6. Discrete-time Markov chain - Wikipedia

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    An example of a stochastic process which is not a Markov chain is the model of a machine which has states A and E and moves to A from either state with 50% chance if it has ever visited A before, and 20% chance if it has never visited A before (leaving a 50% or 80% chance that the machine moves to E).

  7. Discrete phase-type distribution - Wikipedia

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    A terminating Markov chain is a Markov chain where all states are transient, except one which is absorbing. Reordering the states, the transition probability matrix of a terminating Markov chain with m {\displaystyle m} transient states is

  8. Stochastic matrix - Wikipedia

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    The stochastic matrix was developed alongside the Markov chain by Andrey Markov, a Russian mathematician and professor at St. Petersburg University who first published on the topic in 1906. [3] His initial intended uses were for linguistic analysis and other mathematical subjects like card shuffling , but both Markov chains and matrices rapidly ...

  9. Uniformization (probability theory) - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory, uniformization method, (also known as Jensen's method [1] or the randomization method [2]) is a method to compute transient solutions of finite state continuous-time Markov chains, by approximating the process by a discrete-time Markov chain. [2]