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Synchronous and Asynchronous Reversible Markov Systems(1)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

D. A. Dawson
D. A. Dawson*
Affiliation:
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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Abstract

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The relationships between synchronous and asynchronous reversible Markov systems are investigated. It is shown that the invariant measure of such systems is a second order Markov random field. The conditions under which the invariant measure is a first order Markov random field are obtained.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , February 1975 , pp. 633 - 649
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1975

Footnotes

(1)

This research was supported by the National Research Council of Canada.

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