Markovianadj.
/mɑːˈkəʊvɪən/, U.S. /mɑrˈkoʊviən/ Mathematics.
Having the properties of a Markov process (see Markov n. 1); of, relating to, or of the nature of a Markov process.
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multiple1898
bivariate1920
multivariate1920
univariate1928
orthogonal1933
stationary1938
Markovian1949
correlational1952
1949 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. B. 11 245 The process thus defined would be Markovian in t, but would not in general..form either an additive or a Markoff process in x.
1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax ii. 89 A derivation involving only phrase structure rules (rewriting rules) has a strict ‘Markovian’ character. That is, in a derivation consisting of the successive lines σ1,…, σn.., the rules that can be applied to form the next line σn+1 are independent of σ1,.., σn−1 and depend completely on the string σn.
1972 Nature 3 Mar. 20/2 To render the process Markovian, we have assumed exponential distributions of division times for both normal and abnormal cells.
1990 Behavioural Ecol. 1 83/2 Sequences of bouts within subjects were analyzed using Markovian methods.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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