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Re:Small Introduction to Markov Chains by taterbase on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @05:55PM (#9110346)
Awesome intro! I've used Markov Chain libraries before but never took the time to try and understand them. This makes a lot of sense.

Are there different or more efficient probability calculations that can be done other than the provided algorithm? It seems somewhat simple.

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Re:Small Introduction to Markov Chains by tantalum on Thursday February 26, 2015 @11:49AM (#9113471)
Yes there are more complex probabilities that you can calculate. For example you can calculate the probability of reaching some state that is one or more transitions away given a starting state. You can find more info on some of other calculations you can do on Wikipedia.
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