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multichain

adj, noun — 4 senses

multichain

adj

Etymology From multi- + chain.

1

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Of or pertaining to more than one chain.

  • multichain polyamino acids
2

Mathematics, Probability theory, Sciences Of a Markov chain, consisting of two or more closed sets of recurrent states plus (optionally) a set of states that do not belong to any of the closed sets.

  • multichain Markov chain

multichain

noun

Etymology From multi- + chain.

1

Mathematics, Probability theory, Sciences A multichain Markov chain.

  • A multichain with transient states is called a reducible multichain.2016, Theodore J. Sheskin, Markov Chains and Decision Processes for Engineers and Managers, page 24:
2

An ordered subset of a poset; a generalization of a chain that allows inequalities that are not strict.

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