MARKOV CHAIN

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Markov chain mean? 

• MARKOV CHAIN (noun)
  The noun MARKOV CHAIN has 1 sense:

1. a Markov process for which the parameter is discrete time values

  Familiarity information: MARKOV CHAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARKOV CHAIN (noun)

Meaning:

A Markov process for which the parameter is discrete time values

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

Markoff chain; Markov chain

Hypernyms ("Markov chain" is a kind of...):

Markoff process; Markov process (a simple stochastic process in which the distribution of future states depends only on the present state and not on how it arrived in the present state)