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MARKOV CHAIN [2 records]

Record 1 2003-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations Research and Management
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Statistical Surveys
DEF

A mathematical term used in operational research and queueing theory to describe a series of conditions or states in which each depends on its forerunner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Investigación y gestión operacionales
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Encuestas estadísticas
DEF

Modelo usado frecuentemente para determinar la secuencia de eventos, en el que la probabilidad de un evento dado depende solamente del evento precedente.

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Record 2 2003-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Mathematics
DEF

A markov process whose state space is finite or countably infinite.

Key term(s)
  • large step Markov chain

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Mathématiques informatiques
DEF

Source d'information numérique dont les probabilités d'émission sont fixes, c'est-à-dire qu'elles ne dépendent pas de la position des symboles dans une série.

OBS

S'oppose à «source réelle». Le concept s'applique à des domaines allant de l'astronomie à la littérature. A.A. Markov (1856-1922) l'a appliquée à Eugène Onéguine de Pouchkine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
  • Matemáticas para computación
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