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Problem Solving is Often a Matter of Cooking Up an Appropriate Markov Chain *
Author(s) -
HÄGGSTRÖM OLLE
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.359
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1467-9469
pISSN - 0303-6898
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2007.00561.x
Subject(s) - markov chain , mathematics , percolation (cognitive psychology) , chain (unit) , markov process , mathematical economics , econometrics , statistics , psychology , physics , astronomy , neuroscience
Abstract. By means of a series of examples, from classic contributions to probability theory as well as the author's own, an attempt is made to convince the reader that problem solving is often a matter of cooking up an appropriate Markov chain . Topics touched upon along the way include coupling, correlation inequalities, and percolation.