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A stochastic process in which the probability of an event in the future is not affected by the past history of events.
Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.
Markov process
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Markov process — Mark ov pro cess, n. [after A. A. Markov, Russian mathematician, b. 1856, d. 1922.] (Statistics) a random process in which the probabilities of states in a series depend only on the properties of the immediately preceding state or the next… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Markov process — [mär′kôf] n. a chain of random events in which only the present state influences the next future state, as in a genetic code: also Markoff process … English World dictionary
Markov process — In probability theory and statistics, a Markov process, named after the Russian mathematician Andrey Markov, is a time varying random phenomenon for which a specific property (the Markov property) holds. In a common description, a stochastic… … Wikipedia
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Markov process — Statistics. a process in which future values of a random variable are statistically determined by present events and dependent only on the event immediately preceding. Also, Markoff process. [1935 40; after Russian mathematician Andrei Andreevich … Universalium
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Markov process — noun Date: 1938 a stochastic process (as Brownian motion) that resembles a Markov chain except that the states are continuous; also Markov chain called also Markoff process … New Collegiate Dictionary
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