You've heard of Markov chains. But who was Markov?

Re:You've heard of Markov chains. But who was Markov? by noelwelsh on Thursday January 24, 2013 @02:45PM (#5111718)

I always assumed a Markov chain was some kind of Siberian drinking game. Hence the interest in the running the chain to its stationary distribution.

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Re:You've heard of Markov chains. But who was Markov? by noelwelsh on Thursday January 24, 2013 @03:51PM (#5112124)

Odd that this was down-voted. It's a (bad) joke. Allow me to explain:

Calculating the stationary distribution is one of the main things people do with Markov chains. That's all that PageRank is -- the stationary distribution of the Markov chain constructed from the network of links on the web.

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Re:You've heard of Markov chains. But who was Markov? by seclorum on Thursday January 24, 2013 @04:39PM (#5112412)

{The odds are pretty high that this will get downvoted, on account of the lack of vodka.}

Markovs is a natural law, proven, is it not? Well then, it will be found in any system.

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Re:You've heard of Markov chains. But who was Markov? by bo1024 on Thursday January 24, 2013 @10:20PM (#5113760)

I get the Markov chain part, I don't get the Siberian drinking game part....

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