semi-Markov process

noun

A generalization of the Markov chain in which the distribution of the amount of time that the process spends in a given state is permitted to be nonexponentially (generally) distributed.

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Meanings

nounsemi-Markov process (plural semi-Markov processes)

plural semi-Markov processes

  1. mathematicsA generalization of the Markov chain in which the distribution of the amount of time that the process spends in a given state is permitted to be nonexponentially (generally) distributed.

Origin

Named after Russian mathematician Andrey Markov (Андре́й Андре́евич Ма́рков) (1856—1922), who researched the processes.

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