Markov chain
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003941
A stochastic process such that the conditional probability distribution for a state at any future instant, given the present state, is unaffected by any additional knowledge of the past history of the system.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-003941 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| Synonyms | Markov process |
| References | Medical Subject Headings 2014; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | probability; stochastic processes; mathematical models |
| Translations | Spanish: cadena de Márkov |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-003941",
"term": "Markov chain",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A stochastic process such that the conditional probability distribution for a state at any future instant, given the present state, is unaffected by any additional knowledge of the past history of the system.",
"synonyms": [
"Markov process"
],
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"probability",
"stochastic processes",
"mathematical models"
],
"references": [
"Medical Subject Headings 2014",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "cadena de Márkov"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/markov-chain/"
}
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