HyperDic: markoff_process

English > 1 sense of the expression Markoff process:
NOUNprocessMarkoff process, Markov processa 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
English > Markoff process: 1 sense > noun 1, process
MeaningA 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.
SynonymMarkov process
NarrowerMarkov chain, Markoff chainA Markov process for which the parameter is discrete time values
Broaderstochastic processA statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time)

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