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Markov chain

Markov chain A Markov chain is a random process in which what happens next depends on the current state and not on the earlier history of the system.

A Markov chain is a random process in which what happens next depends on the current state and not on the earlier history of the system. In other words, once the present state is known, past information does not change the probability of future states.