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  2. Markov chain - Wikipedia

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    D. G. Champernowne built a Markov chain model of the distribution of income in 1953. [93] Herbert A. Simon and co-author Charles Bonini used a Markov chain model to derive a stationary Yule distribution of firm sizes. [94] Louis Bachelier was the first to observe that stock prices followed a random walk. [95]

  3. Balance equation - Wikipedia

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    For a continuous time Markov chain (CTMC) with transition rate matrix, if can be found such that for every pair of states and = holds, then by summing over , the global balance equations are satisfied and is the stationary distribution of the process. [5]

  4. Matrix analytic method - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory, the matrix analytic method is a technique to compute the stationary probability distribution of a Markov chain which has a repeating structure (after some point) and a state space which grows unboundedly in no more than one dimension.

  5. Continuous-time Markov chain - Wikipedia

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    We say is Markov with initial distribution and rate matrix to mean: the trajectories of are almost surely right continuous, let be a modification of to have (everywhere) right-continuous trajectories, (()) = + almost surely (note to experts: this condition says is non-explosive), the state sequence (()) is a discrete-time Markov chain with ...

  6. Examples of Markov chains - Wikipedia

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    A game of snakes and ladders or any other game whose moves are determined entirely by dice is a Markov chain, indeed, an absorbing Markov chain. This is in contrast to card games such as blackjack, where the cards represent a 'memory' of the past moves. To see the difference, consider the probability for a certain event in the game.

  7. Markov chain tree theorem - Wikipedia

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    The Markov chain tree theorem is closely related to Kirchhoff's theorem on counting the spanning trees of a graph, from which it can be derived. [1] It was first stated by Hill (1966) , for certain Markov chains arising in thermodynamics , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and proved in full generality by Leighton & Rivest (1986) , motivated by an application in ...

  8. Coupling from the past - Wikipedia

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    Consider a finite state irreducible aperiodic Markov chain with state space and (unique) stationary distribution (is a probability vector). Suppose that we come up with a probability distribution on the set of maps : with the property that for every fixed , its image () is distributed according to the transition probability of from state .

  9. Markov Chains and Mixing Times - Wikipedia

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    A family of Markov chains is said to be rapidly mixing if the mixing time is a polynomial function of some size parameter of the Markov chain, and slowly mixing otherwise. This book is about finite Markov chains, their stationary distributions and mixing times, and methods for determining whether Markov chains are rapidly or slowly mixing. [1] [4]