Human behavior is, when you get down to it, like one big Markov chain.

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The maths in question is called the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method.

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Once you start thinking about it, you start seeing Markov models everywhere.

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Just check out the predictions by LRMC (Logistic Regression Markov Chain), the computer ranking system designed by three professors at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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They said the highlight of the season had been Sunday night's "Russian Culture Night, " when famed violinist Alexander Markov played the national anthem on a glowing violin.

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Professional forecasters often apply some version of a Markov model in order to get a baseline and then incorporate other factors, such as barometric pressure, to improve accuracy.

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