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Markovian

Markovian

9.7
A system where the future depends only on the present state, not on past events
  • adjective
  • /mɑrˈkoʊviən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : markoviano
  • In a Markovian system, the outcome at each stage depends solely on the current situation.

It turns out that decorated permutations are the most compact way to capture a Markovian dynamics.

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Examples

  • The selection of a queuing center at each step in a route must be independent of all previous routing selections (Markovian routing).

    Academic text (2000)
  • So essentially we get a sequence of values or states that have the so-called Markovian property.

  • The reason was that for phantom loops I said that I had this Markovian condition.

  • That's the fundamental Markovian property of Zac and most physical processes.

  • It turns out that decorated permutations are the most compact way to capture a Markovian dynamics.

  • It turns out that decorated permutations are the most compact way to capture a Markovian dynamics.

  • The weather patterns can be analyzed using a Markovian approach to predict future conditions.

  • A Markovian model simplifies complex processes by assuming that the future state relies only on the present state.

Surface Forms

Markovian positive

Morphology

Markovian = Markov (semi-transparent) = Markov + ian

The adjective is formed regularly by adding -ian to the proper name, but understanding the technical meaning requires knowledge of the eponym or the Markov process concept.

Etymology

Markovian comes from the Russian mathematician Markov, who studied processes where the future depends only on the present. So a Markovian process is 'memoryless': the next state depends only on the current state, not on the past.