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Markov chain
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Markov chain, Markov model
a mathematical model that makes it possible to study complex systems by establishing a state of the system and then effecting a transition to a new state, such a transition being dependent only on the values of the current state, and not dependent on the previous history of the system up to that point.


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2 Notation and definitions Let [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] be a discrete-time Markov chain with a discrete state space S and transition probabilities P(x, y) for x, y [member of] S, where [summation over (y)] [member of]S] P(x, y) = 1 for each x [member of] S.
A sampling of the paper topics: the performace of D-redundant disk systems; X-ray--a tool for automatic measurement of hardware paramenters; workload propagation--overload in bursty servers; and optimal importance sampling for discrete-time Markov chains.
Critically acclaimed text for computer performance analysis-now in its second edition The Second Edition of this now-classic text provides a current and thorough treatment of queuing systems, queuing networks, continuous and discrete-time Markov chains, and simulation.
 
 
 
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