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Markov models—Markov chains

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Fig. 1: State transition models, transition matrices T, and the number of transitions required to approximate the steady-state limiting distributions, Tn (n→∞), to the displayed number of decimal places.
Fig. 2: Effect of the initial state (G, M) on the state evolution of 5,000 Markov chains with 20% and 40% chances of arrest.

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  1. PhD candidate, Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Jasleen K. Grewal

  2. Staff scientist, Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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  3. Professor of Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

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Grewal, J.K., Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. Markov models—Markov chains. Nat Methods 16, 663–664 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-019-0476-x

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